The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel etc.) (INF Code) Regulations 2000

means the International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of INF Cargo, as provided for in the INF Code;

means, in relation to United Kingdom ships, the Secretary of State, and in relation to other ships, the relevant maritime authority of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.

means liquid wastes resulting from the operation of the first stage extraction system or the concentrated wastes from subsequent extraction stages, in a facility for reprocessing irradiated nuclear fuel, or solids into which such liquid wastes have been converted;

means the International Maritime Organization;

means material containing uranium, thorium or plutonium isotopes which has been used to maintain a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction;

means a Notice described as such, issued by the Secretary of State and any reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Notice includes a reference to any Merchant Shipping Notice amending or replacing it which the Secretary of State considers relevant from time to time;

means contained in packagings complying with the requirements of Class 7 of the IMDG Code, schedules 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14;

means the resultant mixture of isotopes of that material extracted from the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel;

means the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974 and its 1978 Protocol as amended;

means a ship or hovercraft which— (a) is registered under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;