{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1177/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1177/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/1177",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1177",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:\n(a)‘disabled person’ or ‘person with reduced mobility’ means any person whose mobility when using transport is reduced as a result of any physical disability (sensory or locomotor, permanent or temporary), intellectual disability or impairment, or any other cause of disability, or as a result of age, and whose situation needs appropriate attention and adaptation to his particular needs of the service made available to all passengers;\n(b)...\n(c)‘access conditions’ means relevant standards, guidelines and information on the accessibility of port terminals and ships including their facilities for disabled persons or persons with reduced mobility;\n(d)‘carrier’ means a natural or legal person, other than a tour operator, travel agent or ticket vendor, offering transport by passenger services or cruises to the general public;\n(e)‘United Kingdom carrier’ means a carrier established within the United Kingdom or offering transport by passenger services operated to or from the United Kingdom;\n(f)‘passenger service’ means a commercial passenger transport service by sea or inland waterways operated according to a published timetable;\n(g)‘integrated services’ means interconnected transport services within a determined geographical area with a single information service, ticketing scheme and timetable;\n(h)‘performing carrier’ means a person, other than the carrier, who actually performs the carriage wholly or partially;\n(i)‘inland waterway’ means a natural or artificial navigable inland body of water, or system of interconnected bodies of water, used for transport, such as lakes, rivers or canals or any combination of these;\n(j)‘port’ means a place or a geographical area made up of such improvement works and facilities as to permit the reception of ships from which passengers regularly embark or disembark;\n(k)‘port terminal’ means a terminal, staffed by a carrier or a terminal operator, in a port with facilities, such as check-in, ticket counters or lounges, and staff for the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers travelling on passenger services or on a cruise;\n(l)‘ship’ means a vessel used for navigation at sea or on inland waterways;\n(m)‘transport contract’ means a contract of carriage between a carrier and a passenger for the provision of one or more passenger services or cruises;\n(n)‘ticket’ means a valid document or other evidence of a transport contract;\n(o)‘ticket vendor’ means any retailer concluding transport contracts on behalf of a carrier;\n(p)‘travel agent’ means any retailer acting on behalf of a passenger or a tour operator for the conclusion of transport contracts;\n(q)‘tour operator’ means an organiser or retailer, other than a carrier, within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018;\n(r)‘reservation’ means a booking of a specific departure of a passenger service or a cruise;\n(s)‘terminal operator’ means a private or public body in the United Kingdom responsible for the administration and management of a port terminal;\n(t)‘cruise’ means a transport service by sea or inland waterway, operated exclusively for the purpose of pleasure or recreation, supplemented by accommodation and other facilities, exceeding two overnight stays on board;\n(u)‘shipping incident’ means shipwreck, capsizing, collision or stranding of the ship, explosion or fire in the ship, or defect in the ship.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 3(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Passengers' Rights) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/649), regs. 1, 7(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 3(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Passengers' Rights) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/649), regs. 1, 7(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(q) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Passengers' Rights) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/649), regs. 1, 7(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(s) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Passengers' Rights) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/649), regs. 1, 7(3)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1177/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:26.339058+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."
}