{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-vessels-act-1985/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-vessels-act-1985/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/22",
  "legislation_title": "Dangerous Vessels Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-vessels-act-1985",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“harbour” and “harbour authority” have the respective meanings given to them by section 57 of the Harbours Act 1964;\n“harbour master” includes any dock master or pier master who is not a subordinate of a harbour master and any deputy or assistant of a harbour master or of such a dock master or pier master;\n“vessel” includes—\n(a) a ship or boat, or any other description of craft used in navigation;\n(b) a rig, raft or floating platform, or any other moveable thing constructed or adapted for floating on, or partial or total submersion in, water; and\n(c) a seaplane, a hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968 or any other amphibious vehicle.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1964 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1968 c. 59."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/22/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:25.786167+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}