Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 83

83. (1) Whenever it appears to the Minister that the tonnage regulations of this Act have been adopted by any country, and a re in force there, the Minister may order that the ships of that c ountry shall, without being re-measured, be deemed to be of the tonnag e denoted in their certificates of registry or other equivalent documents, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes, as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of reg istry of a Maltese ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship; and any space shown by the certificate of registry or other equivalent document of any such ship as deducted from the tonnage shall, M E R C H A N T S H I P P I N G [CAP. 234. 49 where a similar deduction in the case of a Maltese ship depends on compliance with any conditions or on the compliance being evidenced in any manner, be d eemed to comply with those conditions and be so evidenced, unless a surveyor of ships cert ifies to the Minister that the construction and equipment of the ship as respects that space do not come up to the standard which would be required if the ship were a ship registe red under this Act. (2) The Minister may limit the time during which the order is to remain in operation and make the order subject to such conditions and qualifications as he may deem expedient, and the operation of the order shall be limited and modified accordingl y. (3) If it is made to appear to th e Minister that the tonnage of any ship, as measured by the rules of the country to which she belongs, materially differs from that which would be her tonnage if measured under this Act, the Minister may order that, notwithstanding any other order for the time being in force und er this article, any of the ships of that country may, for all or any of the purposes of this Act, be re-measured in accordance with thi s Act. Survey and measurement to be performed by surveyors.