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Regulation 3 Interpretation

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(1)

In these Regulations—

  • “authorised person” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of regulation 7; and

  • “visiting ship” and “visiting aircraft” mean a ship or aircraft, as the case may be, which, not being registered in the United Kingdom, is registered in a country other than the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or any of the Channel Islands and which is for the time being within the limits of the British Islands and the territorial waters adjacent thereto, but does not include a ship or aircraft in the service of the armed forces of any state.

(2)

In the application of the definition of “visiting ship” and “visiting aircraft” for the purposes of these Regulations as having effect in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands, for the words “United Kingdom” where they first occur there shall be substituted the name of the Island in which they so have effect.