Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Ships' Cooks) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1981.

In these Regulations:—

• “approved” means approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with Regulation 3 of these Regulations;

• “fishing vessel” means a vessel for the time being employed in sea fishing or a Government fishery research vessel, but does not include a vessel used otherwise than for profit;

• “GRT” in relation to a ship, means its gross register tonnage and the gross tonnage of a ship having alternative gross tonnages shall be taken to be the larger of those tonnages;

• “Merchant Shipping Notice” means a Notice described as such, issued by the Department of Trade and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office;

• “Near Continental trading area” means the area bounded by a line from a point on the Norwegian coast in latitude 62° North to a point 62° North 02° West; thence to a point 58° North 10° West; thence to a point 51° North 12° West; thence to Brest, but excluding all waters which lie to the eastward of a line drawn between Kristiansand, Norway, and Hanstholm lighthouse on the North Danish coast;

• “pleasure craft” means a vessel primarily used for sport or recreation;

• “specified by the Secretary of State” means specified in Merchant Shipping Notice No. 981 and any reference to such Notice shall include a reference to any document amending it which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;

• “United Kingdom ship” has the same meaning as in section 21(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979.