Article 98 Interpretation of this Part

“equipment” includes machinery, plant, apparatus and appliances;

“ferry landing place” means a place where vehicles, persons or goods may embark on or disembark from or (as the case may be) be loaded on or unloaded from a ferry vessel;

“ferry vessel” means a vessel used in the provision of a road ferry service;

“harbour authority” means any person in whom are vested, under any statutory provision other than this Part, functions of improving, maintaining or managing a harbour (within the meaning of the Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970F1;

“road ferry service” means a service for conveying vehicles, persons and goods by means of a vessel from a place on or near a road across water to another place on or near a road;

“road ferry undertaking” means the vessels, land, equipment, rights and other assets held for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provision of a road ferry service;

“vessel” includes a hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968F2.