- Administration
means the Government of the state whose flag the ship is flying;
- amidships
means the mid-point of the length, except in the case of a ship of less than 24 metres in length when it means the mid-point of the length overall;
- breadth
means the maximum breadth of the ship, measured amidships to the moulded line of the frame in a ship with a metal shell and to the outer surface of the hull in a ship with a shell of any other material;
- break
means the space bounded longitudinally by a side to side upward step in the lowest line of the upper deck and another such step or the end of the ship, transversely by the sides of the ship and vertically by the higher part of the deck and the lowest line of the upper deck continued parallel thereto;
- cargo spaces
means enclosed spaces which are appropriated for the transport of cargo to be discharged from the ship;
- Certifying Authority
means the Secretary of State or any person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations;
- combination carrier
means a ship designed to carry either oil or solid cargoes in bulk;
- Contracting Government
means the Government of a country which has accepted the Convention;
- Convention
means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969;
- enclosed spaces
means all those spaces, other than excluded spaces, which are bounded by the ship’s hull, by fixed or portable partitions or bulkheads or by decks or coverings other than permanent or moveable awnings.
- excluded spaces
means, subject to sub-paragraph (f) below, any of the spaces specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) below— (a) that part of an enclosed space within an erection opposite an end opening and extending from the opening to an athwartship line at a fore and aft distance from the opening equal to half the breadth of the deck at the line of the opening.
- 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;
- length
means the greater distance of the following distances— (a) the distance between the fore side of the stem and the axis of the rudder stock;
- length overall
means the distance between the foreside of the foremost fixed permanent structure and the afterside of the aftermost permanent structure;
- Load Line Rules
means the Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Rules 1968;
- moulded draught
means— (a) for ships assigned load lines in accordance with the Load Line Rules, the draught corresponding to the Summer Load Line (other than timber load lines);
- non-United Kingdom ship
means a ship which is not a United Kingdom ship within the meaning of section 85(2) of the Act;
- oil tanker
means a ship constructed or adapted to carry oil in bulk in its cargo spaces and includes combination carriers.
- passenger
means any person carried in a ship except— (a) a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship on the business of the ship;
- pleasure vessel
means— (a) a 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 immediate family or friends of the owner;
- relative
means brother, sister, ancestor or lineal descendant;
- similar stage of construction
means the stage at which— (a) construction identifiable with a specific ship begins;
- surveyor
means a surveyor appointed by a Certifying Authority.
- the Act
means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
- upper deck
means the uppermost complete deck exposed to weather and sea, which has permanent means of weathertight closing of all openings in the weather part thereof, and below which all openings in the sides of the ship are fitted with permanent means of watertight closing.
- weathertight
means that in any sea conditions water will not penetrate into the ship;