The Merchant Shipping (Musters, Training and Decision Support Systems) Regulations 1999

means the periodical survey required by regulation 4 or 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 1995;

includes a fishery research vessel;

means in relation to an individual, the spouse or civil partner of the individual, and a relative of the individual or the individual’s spouse or civil partner, and “relative” means brother, sister, ancestor or lineal descendant. • “ro-ro passenger ship” means a ship certified to carry more than 12 passengers which is provided with cargo or vehicle spaces not normally subdivided in any way and extending to either a substantial length or the entire length of the ship in which cargo or vehicles can be loaded or unloaded in a horizontal direction;

means a voyage from a country to which the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 applies, to a port outside that country or conversely;

means an appliance designed to rapidly transfer large numbers of persons from an embarkation station to survival craft (e.g. inflatable liferaft) consisting of an escape passage which may be either a vertical shute or an inflatable slide leading into associated survival craft directly or via an inflatable floating platform;

means a Note described as such and issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and any reference to a particular Marine Guidance Note includes a reference to any such document amending or replacing that Note which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time;

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 such document amending or replacing that Notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time;

means (a) a vessel which at the time it is being used is– (a) (aa) 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, or (bb) in the case of a vessel owned by a body corporate used only for sport or pleasure, and on which the persons are employees or officers of the body corporate or their immediate family or friends, and (ii) on a voyage or excursion which is one for which the owner does not receive money for or in connection with operating the vessel or carrying any person, other than as a contribution to the direct expenses of the operation of the vessel incurred during the voyage or excursion;

means brother, sister, ancestor or lineal descendant. • “ro-ro passenger ship” means a ship certified to carry more than 12 passengers which is provided with cargo or vehicle spaces not normally subdivided in any way and extending to either a substantial length or the entire length of the ship in which cargo or vehicles can be loaded or unloaded in a horizontal direction;

means a ship certified to carry more than 12 passengers which is provided with cargo or vehicle spaces not normally subdivided in any way and extending to either a substantial length or the entire length of the ship in which cargo or vehicles can be loaded or unloaded in a horizontal direction;

means– (a) subject to paragraph (b) below, an international voyage– (a) in the course of which a ship is not more than 200 miles from a port or place in which the passengers (if any) and crew could be placed in safety;

means a stage at which– (a) construction identifiable with a specific ship begins;

means the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances for Ships other than Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1999;

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 two tonnages;