- adequately lit
means lit by natural light which is bright enough in day time in clear weather to enable a person with normal sight to read an ordinary newspaper in those parts of the room or other space which are available for free movement.
- compartment
means all living and working spaces within the watertight or fire-resisting boundaries on any one level which are served by inter-communicating passageways.
- 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 seafish other than— (a) a vessel used (or intended to be used) for fishing otherwise than for profit, and (b) any vessel for the time being used (or intended to be used) wholly for the purpose of conveying persons wishing to fish for pleasure;
- foreign going ship
includes every ship employed in trading or going between some place or places in the United Kingdom, and some place or places situated beyond the following limits;
- home trade ship
includes every ship employed in trading or going between some place or places in the United Kingdom, and some place or places within the following limits;
- immediate family
means in relation to an individual, the husband or wife of the individual, and a relative of the individual or the individual’s husband or wife, and “relative” means brother, sister, ancestor or lineal descendant;
- Merchant Shipping Notice
means a Notice described as such and issued by the Marine Safety Agency;
- passenger ship
means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers;
- pleasure vessel
means— (a) any vessel which at the time it is being used is— (a) (a) in the case of a vessel wholly owned by an individual, or individuals, used only for the sport or pleasure of the owner or the immediate family or friends of the owner;
- private bathroom
means a bathroom provided for the exclusive use of one person;
- relative
means brother, sister, ancestor or lineal descendant;
- semi-private bathroom
means a bathroom provided for the exclusive use of two persons;
- similar stage of construction
means the stage at which: (a) construction identifiable with a specific ship begins;
- the Gulfs area
means the sea area located north-west of the rhumb line between Ras al Had (22°30'N, 59°48'E) and Ras al Fasteh (25°04'N, 61°25'E);
- tons
means gross tons and a reference to tons— (a) in relation to a ship having alternative gross tonnages under paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 to the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1982, permitted to be used pursuant to regulation 12(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1997, is a reference to the larger of those tonnages;
- United Kingdom ship
means a ship registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.