---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 69.153"
title: "46"
number: "69.153"
heading: "Application of other laws."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/69.153"
---

# §69.153. Application of other laws.

- (a) If a vessel is assigned two gross register tonnages under [§ 69.175(b)](/cfr/46/69.175.md?p=b), the higher gross register tonnage is the tonnage used when applying inspection, manning, and load line laws and regulations to the vessel.
- (b) **Tonnage marks are not to be construed as additional load line marks.** Whether or not a tonnage mark is submerged under [§ 69.171](/cfr/46/69.171.md) has no effect on the applicability of load line laws and regulations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by USCG-2011-0522, 81 FR 18731, Mar. 31, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2301, 14103, 14104; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by USCG-2011-0522, 81 FR 18731, Mar. 31, 2016]