“British connection” has the meaning given in section 9(9);

“British citizen”, “British Dependent Territories citizen”, “British Overseas citizen” and “Commonwealth citizen” have the same meaning as in the M1British Nationality Act 1981;

“British ship” has the meaning given in section 1(1);

“commissioned military officer” means a commissioned officer in Her Majesty’s land forces on full pay;

“commissioned naval officer” means a commissioned officer of Her Majesty’s Navy on full pay;

“conservancy authority” includes all persons entrusted with the function of conserving, maintaining or improving the navigation of a tidal water (as defined in section 255);

“consular officer”, in relation to a foreign country, means the officer recognised by Her Majesty as a consular officer of that foreign country;

“contravention” includes failure to comply (and “failure” includes refusal);

“Departmental inspector” and “Departmental officer” have the meanings given in section 256(9);

“fishing vessel” means a vessel for the time being used (or, in the context of an application for registration, intended to be used) for, or in connection with fishing for sea fish other than a vessel used (or intended to be used) for fishing otherwise than for profit; and for the purposes of this definition “sea fish” includes shellfish, salmon and migratory trout (as defined by section 44 of the M2Fisheries Act 1981);

“foreign”, in relation to a ship, means that it is neither a United Kingdom ship nor a small ship (as defined in section 1(2)) which is a British ship;

“Government ship” has the meaning given in section 308;

“harbour” includes estuaries, navigable rivers, piers, jetties and other works in or at which ships can obtain shelter or ship and unship goods or passengers;

“harbour authority” includes all persons entrusted with the function of constructing, improving, managing, regulating, maintaining or lighting a harbour;

“master” includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of a ship and, in relation to a fishing vessel, means the skipper;

“port” includes place;

“proper officer” means a consular officer appointed by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and, in relation to a port in a country outside the United Kingdom which is not a foreign country, also any officer exercising in that port functions similar to those of a superintendent;

“the register” and “registered” have the meaning given in section 23(1);

“the registrar”, in relation to the registration of ships, has the meaning given in section 8;

“registration regulations” means regulations under section 10;

“safety regulations” means regulations under section 85;

“seaman” includes every person (except masters and pilots) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship;

“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation;

“superintendent” means a mercantile marine superintendent appointed under section 296;

“surveyor of ships” has the meaning given in section 256(9);

“the tonnage regulations” means regulations under section 19;

“United Kingdom ship” (and in Part V “United Kingdom fishing vessel”) has the meaning given in section 1(3) except in the contexts there mentioned; and

“wages” includes emoluments.