Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations:—

• “Admiralty publications” means the following publications of the Admiralty, namely:

  1. (i)

     Admiralty Charts; and

  2. (ii)

     Sailing Directions,

  and any amendment, correction or replacement, which the Hydrographer of the Navy considers relevant from time to time;

• “adopted mandatory ships’ routeing system” means any routeing system which has been adopted by the International Maritime Organisation in accordance with the requirements of regulation V/8 of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974^f1 for mandatory use by ships or certain categories of ships and set out in the relevant Admiralty publications and annotated therein as “Mandatory Ships’ Routeing System under SOLAS Regulation V/8”;

• “the Hydrographer of the Navy” means the person for the time being appointed to that office by the Admiralty Board.