# Highlands and Islands Shipping Services Act 1960, Section 5: Interpretation.


In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
“financial year” means the period beginning with the commencement of this Act and ending with the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and each subsequent period of twelve months beginning with the first day of April;
“Highlands and Islands” means the areas specified in the Schedule to this Act, . . . ;
“sea transport services” has the meaning assigned to it by section one of this Act;
“ships” includes boats and vessels of any description for use in navigation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/31/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highlands-and-islands-shipping-services-act-1960/section-5
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