Interpretation
2. In these Regulations the following expressions have, except where otherwise expressly provided, the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say–
“aircraft” means an aircraft referred to in Schedule 1 to the Air Navigation (No. 2) Order 1995(1);
“commander”, in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the flight crew designated as commander of the aircraft by the operator thereof, or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being the pilot in command of the aircraft;
“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 900/99 of 29th April 1999 prohibiting the sale and supply of petroleum and certain petroleum products to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(2);
“master”, in relation to a ship, includes any person (other than a pilot) for the time being in charge of the ship;
“operator”, in relation to an aircraft or vehicle, means the person for the time being having the management of the aircraft or the vehicle;
“owner”, where the owner of a ship is not the operator, means the operator and any person to whom it is chartered;
“ship” has the meaning it bears in section 313 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(3);
“shipment” (and cognate expressions) and “stores” shall have the meanings they bear in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(4);
“specified goods” means the goods specified in the Annex to the Council Regulation;
“United Kingdom ship” has the meaning it bears in section 1(3) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
S.I. 1995/1970.
O.J. No. L 114, 1.5.99, p. 1.
1995 c. 21; section 284(1)(b) was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Aviation Security Act 1997 (c. 21), Schedule 1, paragraph 5.