# Food Safety (Ships and Aircraft) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

In this Order –
“the 1991 Order” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;
“exempt ship or aircraft” means any sovereign immune ship or aircraft or any ship of a State other than the United Kingdom which is exercising the right of innocent passage through that part of the United Kingdom territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland;
“home-going ship” means a ship which is engaged exclusively in –
(a)plying in internal waters, or
(b)excursions which last not more than one day, start and end in Northern Ireland and do not involve calling at any place outside Northern Ireland;
“innocent passage” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part II Section 3A of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;
“internal waters” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Article 8(1) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;
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(a)
(b)
“sovereign immune ship or aircraft” means a ship or aircraft belonging to a State other than the United Kingdom and which is not in use for commercial purposes;
“territorial sea” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Territorial Sea Act 1987.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/99/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-ships-and-aircraft-order-northern-ireland-2004/article-2
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