Article 3 - Application
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Article 3 - Application

  (1) The present Convention shall apply to the following ships engaged on international voyages:

  • (a) ships registered in countries the Governments of which are Contracting Governments;

  • (b) ships registered in territories to which the present Convention is extended under Article 20; and

  • (c) unregistered ships flying the flag of a State, the Government of which is a Contracting Government.

  (2) The present Convention shall apply to:

  • (a) new ships;

  • (b) existing ships which undergo alterations or modifications which the Administration deems to be a substantial variation in their existing gross tonnage;

  • (c) existing ships if the owner so requests; and

  • (d) all existing ships, twelve years after the date on which the Convention comes into force, except that such ships, apart from those mentioned in (b) and (c) of this paragraph, shall retain their then existing tonnages for the purpose of the application to them of relevant requirements under other existing International Conventions.

  (3) Existing ships to which the present Convention has been applied in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(c) of this Article shall not subsequently have their tonnages determined in accordance with the requirements which the Administration applied to ships on international voyages prior to the coming into force of the present Convention.

Parent topic: Articles of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships
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