Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956
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Definitions. |
3.—In this Act— | |
“barge” includes a lighter or like vessel; | ||
“Convention of 1954” means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954; | ||
“discharge” in relation to oil or an oily mixture means any discharge or escape howsoever caused; | ||
“harbour authority” means— | ||
(a) in the case of a harbour to which the Harbours Act, 1946 (No. 9 of 1946), applies, the harbour authority under that Act, | ||
(b) in the case of a harbour under the control and management of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, the Commissioners, and | ||
(c) in any other case, the person entitled to charge rates in respect of vessels entering or using the harbour; | ||
“harbour master” includes a person appointed by a harbour authority for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act; | ||
“inspector” means a surveyor of ships or a person appointed under section 20; | ||
“master”, in relation to a vessel, means the person having the command or charge of the vessel for the time being; | ||
“mile” means a nautical mile of six thousand and eighty feet; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce; | ||
“oil” means oil of any description, and includes spirit produced from oil, and coal tar; | ||
“occupier”, in relation to anything which has no occupier, means the owner, and, in relation to a railway wagon or road vehicle, means the person in charge of it; | ||
“petroleum spirit” means petroleum to which the Petroleum Acts, 1871 and 1879, apply; | ||
“place on land” includes anything resting on the bed or shore of the sea or inland waters and also includes anything afloat, other than a vessel, if anchored or attached to the bed or shore; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister; | ||
“transfer” in relation to oil means transfer in bulk; | ||
other terms have the same meanings as in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. |