# The Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2022, Regulation 4: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“breadth” has the same meaning as in the Load Line Convention;
“bulk carrier” means a ship which is intended primarily to carry solid bulk cargo and constructed generally with single deck, top-side tanks and hopper side tanks in cargo spaces, including such types as combination carriers and ore carriers, where—
(a) “combination carrier” means a ship designed to carry oil or alternatively solid bulk cargo; and
(b) “ore carrier” means a sea-going single deck ship having two longitudinal bulkheads and a double bottom throughout the cargo region and intended for the carriage of ore cargoes in the centre holds only;
“bulk carrier of double-side skin construction” means a bulk carrier in which all cargo holds are bounded by a double-side skin other than that described in paragraph (b) in the definition of “bulk carrier of single-side skin construction”;
“bulk carrier of single-side skin construction” means a bulk carrier in which—
(a) any part of a cargo hold is bounded by the side shell; or
(b) one or more cargo holds are bounded by a double-side skin, the width of which is—–
(i) in bulk carriers constructed before 1st January 2000, less than 760 millimetres; or
(ii) in bulk carriers constructed on or after 1st January 2000 but before 1st July 2006, less than 1,000 millimetres,
the distance being measured perpendicular to the side shell;
“bulk carriers constructed” means bulk carriers the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction and for the purposes of this definition “similar stage of construction” means the stage at which—
(a) construction identifiable with a specific ship begins; and
(b) assembly of that ship has commenced, comprising at least 50 gross tons or one per cent of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is less;
“Certifying Authority” has the meaning given to it in regulation 4 of the Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2015;
“Chapter II-1” means Chapter II-1 in the Annex to the Convention (construction: structure, subdivisions and stability, machinery and electrical installations);
“Chapter VI” means Chapter VI in the Annex to the Convention (carriage of cargoes and oil fuels);
“Chapter XII” means Chapter XII in the Annex to the Convention (additional safety measures for bulk carriers);
“Convention” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974;
“double-side skin” means a configuration where each ship side is constructed by the side shell and a longitudinal bulkhead connecting the double bottom and the deck;
“ESP Code” means the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (special measures to enhance maritime safety);
“gross tons” means gross tonnage determined in accordance with regulation 6 or 12(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1997;
“ISM Code” means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention;
“length” has the same meaning as in the Load Line Convention;
“load line” means the line marked on a ship indicating the maximum depth to which a ship may be loaded;
“Load Line Convention” means the International Convention on Load Lines 1966;
“Merchant Shipping Notice” means a notice described as such and issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (an executive agency of the Department for Transport) and includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;
“sea-going” means operating outside Category A, B, C or D waters and for the purposes of this definition “Category A, B, C or D waters” means the waters specified as such in Merchant Shipping Notice 1837(M) Amendment 2;
“shipper” means any person who, whether as principal or agent for another, consigns goods for carriage by sea;
“solid bulk cargo” means any material, other than liquid or gas, consisting of a combination of particles, granules or any larger pieces of material, generally uniform in composition, which is loaded directly into the cargo spaces of a ship without any intermediate form of containment;
“summer load line” means the upper edge of the load line marked on a ship, indicated by the upper edge of that line which passes through the centre of the load line mark and also by a line marked “S”, and “load line mark” means a ring with a width of 25 millimetres and an outer diameter of 300 millimetres and a horizontal line with a width of 25 millimetres and a length of 450 millimetres, the upper edge of which bisects the ring, and both of which are placed on the side of a ship at amidships port and starboard;
“United Kingdom bulk carrier” means a bulk carrier that is a United Kingdom ship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348236569/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-additional-safety-measures-for-bulk-carriers-regulations-2022/regulation-4
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