Merchant Shipping Act 2010
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PART 4 Access for Persons with Reduced Mobility to Passenger Vessels | ||
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Definitions (Part 4). |
67.— In this Part— | |
“Act of 1998” means Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1998; | ||
“authorised person” means— | ||
(a) a surveyor of ships, or | ||
(b) a person or class of persons appointed under section 71 (2) for the purposes of this Part; | ||
“code of practice” means a code of practice prepared and published or approved under section 69 ; | ||
“Department” means Department of Transport; | ||
“reduced mobility regulations” means regulations made under section 68 ; | ||
“DSC construction and equipment certificate” means a certificate issued under Regulation 11(3)(a) of the Regulations of 2004; | ||
“DSC permit to operate high speed craft” means a permit issued under Regulation 11(3)(b) of the Regulations of 2004; | ||
“high speed craft safety certificate” means a certificate issued by the Minister under Regulation 11(1)(a) of the Regulations of 2004; | ||
“master” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Act of 1992; | ||
“ owner ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Act of 1992; | ||
“passenger” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Act of 1992; | ||
“passenger boat” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) (as amended by section 4(a) of the Act of 1998 and section 44(1)(b) of the Act of 2000) of the Act of 1992; | ||
“passenger boat licence” means a passenger boat licence granted under section 15 of the Act of 1992; | ||
“passenger ship” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) (as amended by section 4(a) of the Act of 1998 and section 44(1)(c) of the Act of 2000) of the Act of 1992; | ||
“passenger ship’s certificate” means a certificate issued under section 8(1) of the Act of 1992; | ||
“passenger ship safety certificate” means a certificate issued under section 8(1) of the Act of 1992 as applied by Regulation 10(2)(a) of the Regulations of 2004; | ||
“passenger vessel” means a passenger ship or passenger boat; | ||
“permit to operate high speed craft” means a permit issued under Regulation 11(1)(b) of the Regulations of 2004; | ||
“person with reduced mobility” means any person whose mobility when using transport is reduced or impaired as a result of any physical disability (sensory or locomotive) intellectual disability, age or as a result of pregnancy or being accompanied by small children; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister; | ||
“Regulations of 2004” means European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 716 of 2004 ). |