Maritime Security Act 2004
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— | |
“act” includes omission and a reference to doing an act includes a reference to making an omission; | ||
“Convention” means the Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of maritime navigation, done at Rome on 10 March 1988; | ||
“Convention state” means a state (other than the State) which is a state party to the Convention or Protocol; | ||
“fixed platform” means an artificial island, installation or structure permanently attached to the sea-bed for the purpose of exploration or exploitation of resources or for other economic purposes and located within an area designated under section 2 of the Continental Shelf Act 1968 ; | ||
“Irish ship” means a ship, as so defined in section 9 of the Mercantile Marine Act 1955 , wherever situate; | ||
“master”, in relation to a ship, means the person having for the time being the command or charge of the ship; | ||
“Protocol” means the Protocol for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of fixed platforms located on the continental shelf, done at Rome on 10 March 1988; | ||
“ship” means a vessel of any type not permanently attached to the sea-bed, including dynamically supported craft, submersibles or any other floating craft, but does not include— | ||
(a) a warship, | ||
(b) a ship owned or operated by a state when being used as a naval auxiliary or for customs or police purposes, or | ||
(c) a ship which has been withdrawn from navigation or laid up, | ||
and, in relation to a ship which is not an Irish ship, means such a ship which is in the territorial seas of the State. | ||
(2) References in this Act to a member of the Defence Forces are references to such a member acting at the request of a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector. | ||
(3) For convenience of reference the texts of the Convention and Protocol in the English language are set out in Schedules 1 and 2. | ||
(4) In this Act— | ||
(a) a reference to a section or Schedule is to a section of, or Schedule to, this Act, | ||
(b) a reference to a subsection, paragraph or subparagraph is to the subsection, paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, and | ||
(c) a reference to any other enactment is to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment (including this Act). |