# The Merchant Shipping (Radiocommunications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021, Regulation 3: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In these Regulations—
“cargo ship” means a ship which is not a passenger ship;
“Chapter IV” means Chapter IV in the Annex to the Convention (relating to radiocommunications);
“Convention” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974;
“fishing vessel” means a ship used for catching fish, whales, seals, walrus or other living resources of the sea;
“gross tonnage” means gross tonnage as determined in accordance with regulation 6 or 12(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1997;
“international voyage” means a voyage between—
(a)a port in the United Kingdom and a port outside the United Kingdom; or
(b)a port in a Convention country other than the United Kingdom and a port in any other country or territory, whether a Convention country or not, which is outside the United Kingdom,
and, for the purposes of paragraph (b), “Convention country” means a country or territory which is either a country the Government of which is party to the Convention or a territory to which the Convention extends whether or not it is subject to the amendments to, or reservations in respect of, the Convention;
“Marine Guidance Note” means a note described as such and issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (an executive agency of the Department for Transport) and includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that note which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Marine Guidance Note;
“Merchant Shipping Notice” means a notice described as such and issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (an executive agency of the Department for Transport) and includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;
“non-United Kingdom ship” means any ship other than a United Kingdom ship;
“passenger” is a person other than—
(a)the master and the members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of that ship; and
(b)a child under one year of age;
“passenger ship” is a ship which carries more than 12 passengers;
“pleasure vessel” means—
(a)any vessel which at the time it is being used is—
(i)in the case of a vessel wholly owned by–
(aa)an individual or individuals, used only for the sport or pleasure of the owner or the immediate family or friends of the owner; or
(bb)a body corporate, used only for sport or pleasure and on which the persons on board are employees or officers of the body corporate, or their immediate family or friends; and
(ii)on a voyage or excursion which is one for which the owner does not receive money for or in connection with operating the vessel or carrying any person, other than as a contribution to the direct expenses of the operation of the vessel incurred during the voyage or excursion; or
(b)any vessel wholly owned by or on behalf of a members’ club formed for the purpose of sport or pleasure which, at the time it is being used, is used only for the sport or pleasure of members of that club or their immediate family, and for the use of which any charges levied are paid into club funds and applied for the general use of the club,
where, in the case of any vessel referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), no other payments are made by or on behalf of users of the vessel, other than by the owner; and in this definition “immediate family” means, in relation to an individual, the spouse or civil partner of the individual, and a relative of the individual or the individual’s spouse or civil partner; and “relative” means brother, sister, ancestor or lineal descendant;
“radio installation” means any radio installation provided on board a ship in compliance with Chapter IV, including its associated antennas, interconnecting circuits and, where appropriate, sources of electrical energy;
“Radio Regulations” means the Radio Regulations annexed to, or regarded as being annexed to, the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, 1992;
“remote operation centre” means any location from which a remotely operated vessel is operated except that vessel;
“remotely operated unmanned vessel” means a vessel that—
(a)is operated from a remote operation centre, and
(b)is not carrying any person at the time that it is operated;
“sea area A2”, “sea area A3”, and “sea area A4” have the same meaning as in regulation 2.1 of Chapter IV.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1316/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-radiocommunications-amendment-regulations-2021/regulation-3
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