Interpretation and Revocation

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament and as if these Regulations and the Regulations hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1948 Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1948;

“the Board” means the Board of Trade;

“major ship” means a ship having in the case of a sailing ship a gross tonnage of 40 tons or more and in the case of any other ship a gross tonnage of 100 tons or more;

“minor ship” means a ship (not being a ship having a gross tonnage of less than 15 tons) having in the case of a sailing ship a gross tonnage of less than 40 tons and in the case of any other ship a gross tonnage of less than 100 tons;

“the principal Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1894;

“the Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen;

“responsible authority” means in relation to a school or course the person in charge of that school or course as the case may be; and

“satisfactorily” means to the satisfaction of the responsible authority.

(3) The Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.) Regulations 1959(1), as amended(2), are hereby revoked.

(1)

(1959 I, p. 1687).

(2)

S.I. 1962/579, 1964/952, 1967/1620 (1962 I, p. 557; 1964 II, p. 2151; 1967 III, p. 4464).