The Merchant Shipping (Safe Movement on Board Ship) Regulations 1988

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations:—

“BS 5378 Part I” means Standard Number BS 5378 Part 1 1980 issued by the British Standards Institution on 31st July 1980 and any document amending or replacing the same which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;

“Code” means Chapter 9 of the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen published in 1978 by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and any document amending or replacing it which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;

“employer” means the person for the time being employing the master;

“fishing vessel” means a vessel for the time being employed in fishing but does not include a vessel used otherwise than for profit;

“master” includes any person in charge of a ship during the absence of the master but excludes a watchman;

“Merchant Shipping Notice” means a Notice described as such issued by the Secretary of State;

“new ship” means a ship the keel of which is laid, or where construction identifiable with the ship begins on or after 1st January 1989, and in the latter case where assembly has commenced comprising at least 50 tonnes or 1% of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is less;

“offshore installation” means any offshore installation within the meaning of section 1 of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971(1);

“pleasure craft” means a vessel primarily used for sport or recreation.

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1971 c. 61; section 1 was substituted by section 24 of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23).