Article 3 Interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art.3 (defn of Ministry of Defence Ship) amended by Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Yachts) 1992 art.3(2)
art.3 (defn of ministry of defence yacht) added by Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Yachts) 1992 art.3(3)
art.3 (defn of Ministry of Defence Ship) amended by Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Commercially Managed Ships) 1992 art.3(2)
art.3 (defn of ministry of defence commercially managed ship) added by Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Commercially Managed Ships) 1992 art.3(3)

In this Order–

“Ministry of Defence ship” means a Government ship in the service of the Ministry of Defence;
“the 1911 Order” means an Order in Council made on 22nd March 1911^f1 making regulations as to registration as British ships of vessels in the service of the Ministry of Defence;
“the 1894 Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1894;
“Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Defence.

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