1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Loading and Stability Assessment of Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) (Non-United Kingdom Ships) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on the 7th day after the day on which they are made except for regulation 8(2) which shall come into force on 29th April 1990.
(2) In these Regulations the following expressions have the following meanings respectively:–
“deadweight” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey) Regulations 1984(1);
“deadweight moment” means the total vertical moment about the moulded base line amidships of all the component weights of the total deadweight;
“passenger ship” means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers and propelled by electricity or other mechanical power;
“ro/ro passenger ship” means a passenger ship provided with cargo or vehicle spaces not normally subdivided in any way and extending to either a substantial length or the entire length of the ship in which vehicles or cargo can be loaded or unloaded normally in a horizontal direction;
“stability information booklet” means the booklet required to be provided in compliance with regulation 9(3) of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) Regulations 1980(2) or regulation 9(3) of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey) Regulations 1984, as applicable;
“non-United Kingdom passenger ship” means a passenger ship which is not a United Kingdom ship;
“voyage” includes an excursion.
(3) Where a ship is managed by a person other than its owner (whether on behalf of the owner or some other person, or on his own behalf), a reference in these Regulations to the owner shall be construed as including a reference to that person.
(4) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation of that number in these Regulations.