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Article 2 Interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

In this Order—

  • “Ministry of Defence commercially managed ship” means a Government ship in the service of the Ministry of Defence, the management of which is entrusted by the Secretary of State to some other person pursuant to a contract;

  • “the 1894 Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1894;

  • “the Acts” means the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1988;

  • “Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Defence.

(2)

In this Order, any reference to a numbered article is a reference to the article so numbered in this Order.