Mercantile Marine Act, 1955
Interpretation. |
2.—(1) In this Act— | |
“the Act of 1894” means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 , and, save where the context otherwise requires, shall be construed as referring to that Act as amended or extended by subsequent enactments; | ||
“chief officer of customs and excise” includes the collector, or other chief officer of customs and excise at each port; | ||
“consular officer” includes any consular officer, whether he is or is not in the Civil Service of the State and also includes a person nominated whether individually or by reference to a class by the Minister for External Affairs, after consultation with the Minister, to exercise consular functions for the purposes of this Act or of any specified sections thereof; | ||
“diplomatic officer” means a person in the Civil Service of the State who is an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, a chargé d'affaires, a counsellor of embassy or legation, a secretary of embassy or legation or an attaché; | ||
“the General Register and Record Office” means the office to be maintained in accordance with section 96 of this Act; | ||
“Irish body corporate” means a body corporate established under and subject to the law of the State and having its principal place of business in the State; | ||
“master” includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by a fees order under section 4 of this Act; | ||
“qualified person” means a person qualified under this Act to own a registered ship or a share therein; | ||
“reciprocating state” means a state declared by an order under section 19 of this Act for the time being in force to be a reciprocating state; | ||
“registered ship” means a ship registered under this Act; | ||
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars; | ||
“State-owned ship” means a ship wholly owned by the Government or a Minister of State; | ||
“surveyor of ships” means a person appointed to be a surveyor of ships for the purposes of the Act of 1894 and “surveyor” shall be construed accordingly. | ||
(2) References in any enactment to the Act of 1894 shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to this Act. | ||
(3) References in any enactment to Part I of the Act of 1894 shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to this Act. |