(1)This Act applies to a service for the carriage of persons or goods by ship, with or without vehicles, between a place outside the United Kingdom and a place in the United Kingdom.
(2)But this Act does not apply to—
(a)a service that is for the purpose of leisure or recreation, or
(b)a service provided by a fishing vessel.
(3)Regulations may specify matters that must or must not be taken into account in determining whether provision for the carriage of persons or goods between two places by ship on two or more journeys constitutes a single service.
(4)In this Act “ship” includes—
(a)any kind of vessel used in navigation, and
(b)hovercraft.