New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1901 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"certificate", in relation to a master, mate or engineer, includes a certificate of competency within the meaning of the Commercial Vessels Act 1979 .
"harbour-master" means any duly appointed harbour-master or assistant harbour-master, and includes any person acting in the capacity of harbour-master.
"master" means every person except a pilot having command or charge of any ship.
"Merchant Shipping Act" means the Imperial Act, the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 or any Act amending the same or in substitution therefor.
"officer of the Minister" means any delegate of the Minister or any officer of such a delegate.
"owner" includes the manager or secretary of any body corporate or company.
"passenger" means every person carried in any ship other than the master and crew, and the owner of the ship and his or her family and servants.
"port" includes place.
"ship" means every description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars.
"surveyor" has the same meaning as it has in the Commercial Vessels Act 1979 .
"the Jurisdiction" means the navigable waters lying within one nautical league of the coast and the inland navigable waters of New South Wales.

(2) In this Act, a reference to a failure to do any act or thing includes a reference to a refusal to do that act or thing.