S.L. 452.134 Art. 3Interpretation. Cap. 452.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Employment and Industrial Relations

Act; WATERWAY TRANSPORT

"boatmaster" means a deck crew member who has overall responsibility to sail a craft on the inland waterways and who is responsible for the crew and for the passengers;

"craft" means a vessel or unit of floating equipment;

"designated officer" means an inspector appointed by the Director;

''Director'' shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"employer" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"inland waterway transport operator" means any person operating vessels for commercial purposes in the inland waterway transport sector on his own account;

"Member State" means a member State of the European Union;

"night time" means the period between 22:00 of any one day and 06:00 of the next day;

"night worker" means a worker who:

(a) works at least three (3) hours of his daily working time during night time as part of his normal course of work; or

(b) works more than fifty percent (50%) of his annual working time during night time, or such lower proportion as may be specified in appropriate provisions of a relevant collective agreement:

Provided that for the purposes of paragraph

(a) of this definition, the term ''normal course'' means those instances where the worker works such hours on the majority of his working days;

"passenger vessel" means a day trip or cabin vessel constructed and equipped to carry more than twelve (12) passengers;

"rest day" means an uninterrupted rest period of twenty-four (24) hours which the worker spends in a place of his own choosing;

"rest time" means the time outside working time, including rest periods on a moving craft, on a stationary craft and on land, but does not include short breaks of up to fifteen

(15) minutes;

"season" means a period of not more than nine (9) consecutive months out of twelve (12) months, in which the activities are tied to certain periods of the year as a result of external circumstances, such as weather conditions or tourist demand, and "seasonal work" shall be construed accordingly;

"shift worker" means any worker whose work schedule is part of shift work;

"work schedule" means the planned working days and rest days communicated to the worker in advance by the employer;

''working time'' means any period during which the worker is available for service, to the employer and is carrying out his activity or duties (on-call time) on and for the craft on the instructions of the employer or the employer’s representative and includes any relevant training, and ''work'' shall be construed accordingly.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (1), terms and expressions used in these regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.