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Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995
sec.7AMeaning of length overall
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### sec.7A Meaning of length overall
The length overall of a ship is the distance in the fore and aft line from the foremost part of the hull of the ship to the aftermost part of the hull of the ship taken at the upper weather tight deck or, for an open ship, at the height of the gunwale.
However, the length overall of the ship does not include the length of appendages to the hull.
A bowsprit or boarding platform is not taken into account when measuring the length overall of a ship.
s 7A ins 2002 No. 15 s 34
(sec.7A-ssec.1) The length overall of a ship is the distance in the fore and aft line from the foremost part of the hull of the ship to the aftermost part of the hull of the ship taken at the upper weather tight deck or, for an open ship, at the height of the gunwale.
(sec.7A-ssec.2) However, the length overall of the ship does not include the length of appendages to the hull. A bowsprit or boarding platform is not taken into account when measuring the length overall of a ship.