Merchant Shipping Act 1950

7 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

• " crew accommodation " includes sleeping rooms, mess rooms, sanitary accommodation, hospital accommodation, recreation accommodation, store rooms and catering accommodation provided for the use of seamen and apprentices;

• " fishing boat " has the same meaning as in Part IV of the principal Act, except that it includes a vessel which is being constructed for the purpose of being employed in sea fishing or in the sea-fishing service;

• " local authority " means the Common Council of the City of London, the council of a metropolitan borough, the council of any county, county borough or county district in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, and, in Scotland, any county, town or district council;

• " the Minister " means the Minister of Transport;

• " owner ", in relation to a fishing boat under construction, means the person to whose order she is being constructed;

• " pilotage authority " has the same meaning as in the Pilotage Act, 1913 ;

• " the principal Act " means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894; and any reference in this Act to the re-registration of a fishing boat shall not include a reference to a re-registration which is only required in consequence of a change in the ownership of the boat.

(2) Except so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, extended, or applied by or under any other enactment, including this Act.