S.L. 226.1 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 226. Cap. 352. S.L.234.34

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: "the Act" means the Territorial Waters and Contiguous Zone Act;

"Annex I" means Annex I to the MARPOL Convention, including the appendices thereto;

"Annex II" means Annex II to the MARPOL Convention, including the appendices thereto;

"harmful substances" means any substance which, if introduced into the sea, is liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea, and includes any substance subject to control by the MARPOL Convention;

"internal waters" means all waters landward of the baselines from which the territorial waters are measured and includes any port; "Maltese waters" means the internal waters and the territorial waters; "maritime enforcement officer" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Act; "MARPOL Convention" means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, signed in London on 2 November 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto signed in London on 17 February 1978;

"port" means any port declared under the Ports and Shipping Act;

"Pollution Regulations" means the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Regulations;

"relevant vessel or craft" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Act;

"ship" means any seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles and floating craft; "territorial waters" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Act.

(2) Unless otherwise defined in these regulations or unless the context requires, words and expressions used in these regulations shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the MARPOL Convention.