Regulation 2 Interpretation.

In these Regulations—

• “Administration” means the Maritime Administration of a party to the Agreement;

• “Agreement” means the Agreement dated 27th July 1993 and set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1541 between the parties set out in appendix 1 to that notice and includes any amendment (including the addition of a party to that agreement) to the Agreement considered by the Secretary of State relevant from time to time and set out in a Merchant Shipping Notice;

• “Merchant Shipping Notice” means a Notice described as such and issued by the Department of Transport; and any reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Notice 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-UK ro-ro passenger ship” means a ro-ro passenger ship which is not a United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ship;

• “post-1990 ship” means a passenger ship the keel of which was laid, or was at a similar stage of construction, on or after 29th April 1990 or a cargo ship which is converted to a passenger ship on or after that date;

• “ro-ro passenger ship” means a passenger ship provided with cargo or vehicle spaces not normally subdivided in any way and extending to either a substantial length or the entire length of the ship in which vehicles or cargo can be loaded or unloaded in a horizontal direction;

• “the 1980 Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) Regulations 1980^f1;

• “the 1984 Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey) Regulations 1984^f2;

• “United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ship” means a ro-ro passenger ship which is a United Kingdom ship.