New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARINE PILOTAGE LICENSING ACT 1971 - SECT 4

4 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"certificate" means a pilotage exemption certificate or a certificate of local knowledge, granted under section 7.
"certificate holder" means the holder of a certificate of local knowledge granted under section 7.
"Director-General" means the Department Head of the Department, or the Head of the statutory authority, responsible to the Minister for the administration of this Act.
"exempt master" means the holder of a pilotage exemption certificate granted under section 7.
"length" means length overall.
"licence" means a licence granted under section 7.
"master" includes every person having lawfully, or de facto, the command, charge, or management of a vessel for the time being.
"owner" includes any person exercising or discharging or claiming the right or accepting the obligation to exercise or discharge, any of the powers or duties of the owner of a ship, whether on his or her own behalf or on behalf of another.
"pilot" means a person licensed under section 7 to conduct ships to which the person does not belong.
"regulations" means regulations made under this Act.
"ship" means a vessel not ordinarily propelled by oars only.
"the jurisdiction" means the navigable waters lying within one nautical league of the coast and the inland navigable waters of New South Wales.
"vessel" includes any lighter, barge, boat, raft, craft and any floating object or apparatus used wholly or in part for the conveyance of persons or things by water, of whatsoever description and howsoever navigated, and includes amphibious vehicles, hydroplanes, hydrofoils and hovercraft.