PART 1Preliminary

Interpretation2.

In these Regulations—

“Chapter V” means Chapter V in the Annex to the Convention (relating to safety of navigation)2;
“Convention” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 19743;

“international voyage” means a voyage between—

(a)

a port in the United Kingdom and a port outside the United Kingdom; or

(b)

a port in a Convention country (other than the United Kingdom) and a port in any other country or territory (whether a Convention country or not) which is outside the United Kingdom,

and, for the purposes of paragraph (b), “Convention country” means a country or territory which is either a country the Government of which is party to the Convention or a territory to which the Convention extends whether or not it is subject to the amendments to, or reservations in respect of, the Convention.