Paragraph 20 Interpretation of other expressions

In this Act—

• “damage” includes loss;

• “owner”, in relation to a registered ship, means the person registered as its owner, except that in relation to a ship owned by a State which is operated by a person registered as the ship's operator, it means the person registered as its operator;

• “the court” means the High Court of the Western Pacific as reconstituted by the Western Pacific (Courts) Order 1961^f1;

• “dollars” means Australian dollars.

In relation to any damage or cost resulting from the discharge or escape of any oil carried in a ship references in this Act to the owner of the ship are references to the owner at the time of the occurrence or first of the occurrences resulting in the discharge or escape.

References in this Act to the area of any country include the territorial sea of that country.