S.L. 234.20 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 234.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -"the Act" means the Merchant Shipping Act;

"the Collisions Convention" means the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea signed in London on the 20th October, 1972 including any amendment or Protocol related thereto as may from time to time be ratified, acceded to or accepted by the Government of Malta and other instruments, standards and specifications of a mandatory nature related thereto adopted or developed by the International Maritime Organisation or in terms of regulation 3(2)(a) hereof.

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