2014 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping (Sections 101 - 80509)
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (Sections 2101 - 14702)
Part J - Measurement of Vessels (Sections 14101 - 14702)
Chapter 145 - Regulatory Measurement (Sections 14501 - 14522)
Subchapter III - Simplified System (Sections 14521 - 14522)
Sec. 14522 - Measurement
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part J - Measurement of Vessels CHAPTER 145 - REGULATORY MEASUREMENT SUBCHAPTER III - SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM Sec. 14522 - Measurement |
| Contains | section 14522 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 99-509, title V, §5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1925. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 100 Stat. 1925 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 99-509 |
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(a) In this section, "length" means the horizontal distance of the hull between the foremost part of the stem and the aftermost part of the stern, excluding fittings and attachments.
(b)(1) The Secretary shall assign gross and net tonnages to a vessel based on its length, breadth, depth, other dimensions, and appropriate coefficients.
(2) The Secretary shall prescribe the way dimensions (except length) are measured and which coefficients are appropriate.
(c) The resulting gross tonnages, taken as a group, reasonably shall reflect the relative internal volumes of the vessels measured under this subchapter. The resulting net tonnages shall be in approximately the same ratios to corresponding gross tonnages as are the net and gross tonnages of comparable vessels measured under subchapter II of this chapter.
(d) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary may determine the gross and net tonnages of a vessel representative of a designated class, model, or type, and then assign those gross and net tonnages to other vessels of the same class, model, or type.
(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, §5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1925.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESRevised section 14522Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 71.
Section 14522(a) defines the term "length" as it is used in the simplified measurement system.
Section 14522(b) requires the Secretary to assign gross and net tonnages under the simplified system, based on a vessel's length, breadth, depth, other dimensions and appropriate coefficients, as the Secretary deems appropriate.
Section 14522(c) provides that the gross tonnages as measured under this section shall reflect the relative internal volumes of vessels. It provides further that the net tonnages measured under this section shall be in approximately the same ratio to corresponding gross tonnages as are the net and gross tonnages of comparable vessels measured under the standard regulatory measurement system.
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