State Immunity Act 1978

17 Interpretation of Part I

(1) In this Part of this Act—

• " the Brussels Convention " means the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Concerning the Immunity of State-owned Ships signed in Brussels on 10th April 1926 ;

• " commercial purposes " means purposes of such transactions or activities as are mentioned in section 3(3) above;

• " ship " includes hovercraft.

(2) In sections 2(2) and 13(3) above references to an agreement include references to a treaty, convention or other international agreement.

(3) For the purposes of sections 3 to 8 above the territory of the United Kingdom shall be deemed to include any dependent territory in respect of which the United Kingdom is a party to the European Convention on State Immunity.

(4) In sections 3(1), 4(1), 5 and 16(2) above references to the United Kingdom include references to its territorial waters and any area designated under section 1(7) of the [1964 c. 29.] Continental Shelf Act 1964.

(5) In relation to Scotland in this Part of this Act " action in rem " means such an action only in relation to Admiralty proceedings.