(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.