The Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

includes deterioration;

has the meaning given to it in regulation 5;

means a survey of a ship required under regulation 12(1)(c);

means the requirements of the 1966 Convention, except where regulation 4(4) applies;

means a United Kingdom Load Line Certificate”

means the load line directed to be marked on a ship pursuant to regulation 7(2)(b)”

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

has the meaning given to it in regulation 3;

means the waters specified as such in Merchant Shipping Notice 1837(M) Amendment 1, as amended or replaced as the Secretary of State considers to be relevant from time to time;

means the conditions relating to construction, arrangement and stability with which a ship must comply in order to be assigned freeboards;

means that the keel of the ship has been laid or is at a similar stage of construction;

means the Government of a State which is a party to the 1966 Convention or to the 1988 Protocol;

means an International Load Line Certificate or an International Load Line Exemption Certificate;

means a country or territory which is either— (a) a country the Government of which is party to the 1966 Convention or to the 1988 Protocol, or (b) a territory to which the 1966 Convention or the 1988 Protocol extends whether or not it is subject to the amendments or reservations to either instrument;

means the line marked on a ship, the position of which is ascertained in accordance with the provisions of Annex 1;

means a ship which is not a new ship;

means a ship used for catching fish, whales, seals, walrus or other living resources of the sea;

means the distance measured vertically downwards at amidships from the upper edge of the deck-line to the upper edge of the related load line;

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;

means a survey of a ship required under regulation 12(1)(a);

means an International Load Line Certificate issued under the 1966 Convention;

means an International Load Line Exemption Certificate issued under the 1966 Convention;

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

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

means a ring with a width of 25 milimetres and an outer diameter of 300 milimetres and a horizontal line with a width of 25 milimetres and a length of 450 milimetres, the upper edge of which bisects the ring, and both of which are placed on the side of a ship at amidships port and starboard such that the assigned summer freeboard corresponds to the distance between the upper edge of the horizontal line and the upper edge of the deck-line;

means a notice described as such, issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (an executive agency of the Department for Transport), and includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;

means a ship the keel of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after the date of coming into force of the 1966 Convention, or the 1988 Protocol for any State not also a party to the 1966 Convention, for each Contracting Government;

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 vessel which at the time it is being used is— (a) in the case of a vessel wholly owned by– (aa) an individual or individuals, used only for the sport or pleasure of the owner or the immediate family or friends of the owner;

has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).”

means brother, sister, ancestor or lineal descendant;

means a survey of a ship required under regulation 12(1)(b);

means voyages where neither the distance from the port in which a voyage begins and the final port of destination nor the return voyage exceeds 1,000 nautical miles.

means a person issuing the detention notice.