Merchant Shipping Act 1894

492 Definitions under Part VII. U.K.

In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• The expression “goods” includes every description of wares and merchandise:

• The expression “wharf” includes all wharves, quays, docks, and premises in or upon which any goods, when landed from ships, may be lawfully placed:

• The expression “warehouse” includes all warehouses, buildings, and premises in which goods, when landed from ships, may be lawfully placed:

• The expression “report” means the report required by the [F1 customs or excise laws] to be made by the master of an importing ship:

• The expression “entry” means the entry required by the [F1 customs or excise laws] to be made for the landing or discharge of goods from an importing ship:

• The expression “shipowner” includes the master of the ship and every other person authorised to act as agent for the owner or entitled to receive the freight, demurrage, or other charges payable in respect of the ship:

• The expression “owner” used in relation to goods means every person who is for the time entitled, either as owner or agent for the owner, to the possession of the goods, subject in the case of a lien (if any), to that lien:

• The expression “wharfinger” means the occupier of a wharf as herein-before defined:

• The expression “warehouseman” means the occupier of a warehouse as herein-before defined.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), Sch. 4 para. 12 Table Pt. I