The Merchant Shipping (Navigation Bridge Visibility) Regulations 1998

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations:

“existing ship” means a ship which is not a new ship;

“length” means 96 per cent. of the total length on a waterline at 85 per cent. of the least moulded depth measured from the top of the keel, or the length from the fore-side of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater. In ships designed with a rake of keel the waterline on which this is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline;

“new ship” means a ship the keel of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after 1st July 1998; and for the purposes of this definition “a similar stage of construction” means the stage at which—

(a)

construction identifiable with a particular ship begins, and

(b)

assembly of that ship has commenced, comprising at least 50 tonnes or one per cent. of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is the less;

“ship”, except in regulation 4, includes hovercraft.

(2) (a) Words and expressions used in these Regulations, and also in the ISO Standards shall bear the meaning they have in the ISO standards.

(b) “ISO Standards” means the publication of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) entitled “Ship’s Bridge Layout and Equipment—Requirements and Guidelines” (EN ISO 8468).