SHIPPING AND PILOTAGE ACT 1967 - SECT 3

SHIPPING AND PILOTAGE ACT 1967 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        boat harbour means any place declared for the time being to be a boat harbour under section 10(2);

        CEO means the chief executive officer of the Department;

        controlled area means an area of water outside a port that is declared under section 10(1c) to be an area in which pilotage services are to be used;

        controlling authority , when used in relation to a boat harbour or a mooring control area, means the body corporate or the CEO, as the case may be, specified as the controlling authority of the boat harbour or mooring control area pursuant to section 10(2);

        Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;

        harbour master of a port means —

            (a)         a harbour master of the port appointed under section 4; or

            (b)         an acting harbour master of the port appointed under the Interpretation Act 1984 section 52(1)(b); or

            (c)         a deputy harbour master of the port appointed under section 7A when performing a function of the harbour master as authorised by section 7A(2), (3) or (5);

        marine safety plan has the meaning given to that term in section 7B(1);

        mooring control area means any place for the time being declared to be a mooring control area pursuant to section 10(2);

        pilotage area means a port or a controlled area;

        port means an area of water, or land and water, for the time being declared to be a port under section 10(1).

        [Section 3 amended: No. 88 of 1978 s. 4; No. 26 of 1984 s. 3; No. 46 of 1993 s. 42; No. 47 of 1993 s. 29; No. 5 of 1999 s. 21 and 24(2); No. 71 of 2006 s. 4; No. 2 of 2019 s. 55, 60 and 61.]