S.L. 234.57 Art. 2Definitions. Cap. 234. 2 [S.L.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Merchant Shipping Act;

"company" means the organisation or person who has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Management Code for Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (the ISM Code) in its up-to-date version or, in cases where Chapter IX of SOLAS 74 does not apply, the owner of the ro-ro passenger ship or the high-speed passenger craft or any other organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ro-ro passenger ship or the high-speed passenger craft from its owner;

"Directive (EU) 2017/2110" means Directive (EU) 2017/ 2110 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2017 on a system of inspections for the safe operation of ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft in regular service and amending Directive 2009/16/EC and repealing Council Directive 1999/35/EC, in its up-to-date version, hereinafter referred to as Directive (EU) 2017/2110;

"competent authority" means the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen appointed in terms of article 363 of the Act and includes any person acting under his authority;

"HSSC" means the International Maritime Organisation PASSENGER SHIPS AND HIGH-SPEED PASSENGER 234.57 CRAFT IN REGULAR SERVICE)

Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification, in its up-to-date version;

"inspector" means an appropriate inspector in terms of Article 154 of the Act;

"SOLAS 74" means the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, including Protocols and amendments thereto, in its up-to-date version;

"third country" means a State other than a member State of the European Union or of the European Economic Area.

(2) Unless otherwise defined in the Act or 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 Directive (EU) 2017/2110.