Part XIII

Supplemental

Final provisions

Definitions
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1
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
- “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 British 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 Fisheries 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;
- “relevant British possession” means—
  1. the Isle of Man;
  2. any of the Channel Islands; and
  3. any colony;
- “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.
2
In this Act—
a
“United Kingdom waters” means the sea or other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom; and
b
“national waters”, in relation to the United Kingdom, means United Kingdom waters landward of the baselines for measuring the breadth of its territorial sea.
3
A vessel for the time being used (or intended to be used) wholly for the purpose of conveying persons wishing to fish for pleasure is not a fishing vessel.
1981 c. 61.
1981 c. 29.