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The Merchant Shipping (Provisions and Water) Regulations 1989

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2.  In these Regulations:–

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

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

“length” in relation to a registered ship means registered length, and in relation to an unregistered ship means the length from the fore part of the stem to the aft side of the head of the stern post or, if no stern post is fitted to take the rudder, to the fore side of the rudder stock at the point where the rudder passes out of the hull;

“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;

“submersible craft” means submersible craft as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Submersible Craft Construction and Survey) Regulations 1981(2).

(1)

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

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S.I. 1981/1098, as amended by S.I. 1987/306.

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