# The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2020, Regulation 2: Interpretation

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

In these Regulations—
“Chapter V” means Chapter V in the Annex to the Convention (relating to safety of navigation);
“Convention” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/673/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-of-navigation-regulations-2020/regulation-2
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