# The Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1996, Regulation 2: Interpretation

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

In these Regulations—
“arrival” means the anchoring, berthing or mooring of a vessel within the limits of a port and “arrive” and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“CEMA 1979” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979;
“notification of arrival” means notification of arrival as referred to in regulation 6(2);
“pleasure craft” means a vessel which, at the time of its arrival in the United Kingdom, is being used for private recreational purposes;
“the Directions” means directions made by the Commissioners under section 35(1) of CEMA 1979;
“the person responsible” means the person on board a vessel under whose command or subject to whose personal direction it has arrived or is intended to arrive as a pleasure craft;
“the prescribed form” means the form prescribed by the Commissioners for the purposes of these Regulations in the Directions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1406/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pleasure-craft-arrival-and-report-regulations-1996/regulation-2
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