# The Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Commercially Managed Ships) Order 1992, Article 2: Interpretation


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1293/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ministry-of-defence-commercially-managed-ships-order-1992/article-2
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