[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR69.71]

[Page 395]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 69_MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Convention Measurement System
 
Sec. 69.71  Change of net tonnage.

    (a) When a vessel is altered so that the net tonnage is increased, 
the new net tonnage must be applied immediately.
    (b) A vessel concurrently assigned load lines under both the 
International Convention on Load Lines and either the International 
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) or other international 
agreement must be assigned only one net tonnage. The net tonnage 
assigned must be the net tonnage applicable to the load line assigned 
under the International Convention on Load Lines, SOLAS or other 
international agreement for the trade in which the vessel in engaged.
    (c) When a vessel is altered so that the net tonnage is decreased or 
the vessel's trade is changed so that the load line assigned for that 
trade under paragraph (b) of this section is no longer appropriate and 
results in a decrease in its net tonnage, a new International Tonnage 
Certificate (1969) incorporating that net tonnage may not be issued 
until twelve months after the date on which the current Certificate was 
issued. However, if one of the following apply, a new Certificate may be 
issued immediately:
    (1) The vessel is transferred to the flag of another nation.
    (2) The vessel undergoes alterations or modifications which the 
Coast Guard deems to be of a major character, such as the removal of a 
superstructure which requires an alteration of the assigned load line.

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, 
64 FR 53225, Oct. 1, 1999]