The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998

includes deterioration;

means— (a) in the case of a Convention-size ship, an International Load Certificate 1966, and (b) in the case of any other ship, a United Kingdom Load Line Certificate;

means the load lines directed to be marked on a ship pursuant to regulation 7(2)(b), or in the case of a ship not surveyed under these Regulations, pursuant to an International Load Line Certificate (1966) which is in force, indicating the maximum depth to which the ship may be loaded in salt water in a particular zone or area and seasonal period;

means the appropriate load lines, the deck-line and load line mark;

means the Secretary of State or any person or organisation authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations;

means the waters specified as such in Merchant Shipping Notice No.

includes transire;

means, in relation to a mobile offshore drilling unit or a mobile offshore support unit, constructed with the main deck of the unit connected to its underwater hull or footings by columns or caissons;

means a country or territory which is either— (a) a country the Government of which is party to the 1966 Convention;

means a surveyor appointed by and working exclusively for an Assigning Authority;

means a ship which is not a new ship;

means the distance measured vertically downwards at amidships from the upper edge of the deck-line described in regulation 16 to the position at which the upper edge of the load line appropriate to the freeboard is to be marked;

means the deck from which the freeboards assigned to the ship are calculated, being— (a) the uppermost complete deck exposed to weather and sea, which has permanent means of closing all openings open to the weather, and below which all openings in the sides of the ship are fitted with permanent means of watertight closing;

means a voyage between— (a) a port in the United Kingdom and a port outside the United Kingdom;

means a mark on the ship indicating the maximum depth to which a ship may be loaded;

means a local fisheries committee constituted under the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966;

means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an Executive Agency of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions;

means a Notice described as such and issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and any reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Notice includes a reference to any Merchant Shipping Notice amending that Notice;

means a ship capable of engaging in drilling operations for the exploration or exploitation of resources beneath the sea bed such as liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, sulphur or salt;

means a ship used in connection with the offshore petroleum industry to provide ancillary services such as accommodation, cranes or repair facilities;

means a voyage during which the vessel is never more than 150 nautical miles from a safe haven in the United Kingdom, or never more than 30 nautical miles from a safe haven in the Republic of Ireland;

means a ship whose keel is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after the material date;

means any ship other than a United Kingdom ship within the meaning of section 85(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

means— (a) any ship which at the time it is being used is— (a) (a) in the case of a ship 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;

means the inclination of the keel to a horizontal baseline;

means brother, sister, ancestor or lineal descendant;

means a ship designed to carry sail, whether as the sole means of propulsion, or as a supplementary means;

means a surveyor appointed by the Secretary of State or an exclusive surveyor of any other Assigning Authority;

means the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966;

means a person issuing the detention notice.

means an International Load Line Certificate (1966) or an International Load Line Exemption Certificate issued under the 1966 Convention which is in force;