Interpretation of this Part
98.—(1) In this Part—
“equipment” includes machinery, plant, apparatus and appliances;
“ferry landing place” means a place where vehicles, persons or goods may embark on or disembark from or (as the case may be) be loaded on or unloaded from a ferry vessel;
“ferry vessel” means a vessel used in the provision of a road ferry service;
“harbour authority” means any person in whom are vested, under any statutory provision other than this Part, functions of improving, maintaining or managing a harbour (within the meaning of the Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970(1);
“road ferry service” means a service for conveying vehicles, persons and goods by means of a vessel from a place on or near a road across water to another place on or near a road;
“road ferry undertaking” means the vessels, land, equipment, rights and other assets held for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provision of a road ferry service;
“vessel” includes a hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968(2).
(2) For the purposes of this Part a ferry vessel or ferry landing place belongs to a road ferry service if it is used in the provision of that service.
(3) References in this Part (except Article 100) to a road ferry service are to a road ferry service provided by the Department under Article 99(1) or provided on behalf of the Department by another person in pursuance of any agreement under Article 99(2).