Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations In these regulations
unless the contrary intention appears —
certificate means a pilotage exemption certificate
issued under regulation 16;
certificate of health means a certificate of
health referred to in regulation 16(c);
coasting vessel means a vessel solely employed in
trade between ports of the State;
exempt master , in relation to a vessel, means a
master who holds a valid pilotage exemption certificate for a port;
gross registered tonnage means the gross
registered tonnage of a vessel calculated or determined in accordance with
regulation 18A;
Harbour Master includes a Wharfinger at any port
which pilotage is not provided and includes, in any case where a Harbour
Master is absent from, or incapable from illness or any other cause from
performing his duties at, the port to which he is appointed, the deputy of the
Harbour Master or any officer of the Department authorised in writing by the
chief executive officer to act as Harbour Master;
International Tonnage Certificate (1969) means a
certificate issued pursuant to Article 7 or 8 of the International Convention
on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (1969) as set out in Schedule 8 to the
Navigation Act 1912 of the Commonwealth, as amended;
interstate vessel means a vessel solely employed
in trading between ports of the Commonwealth, other than solely between ports
in the State, or of New Zealand and ports of the State;
master in relation to a vessel, means the person
for the time being having the command, charge, custody or control of the
vessel;
owner in relation to a vessel, includes the
authorised agent of the owner;
passenger means any person carried in a vessel,
other than as the master, a seaman or indentured apprentice;
pilot means a person appointed by the Governor
under section 4 of the Act to be a pilot at a port;
subject port , in relation to an application for a
pilotage exemption certificate, means a port for which the certificate is
sought;
surveyor means a person appointed by the Governor
to act as a surveyor of vessels and machinery;
the Department means the Department of Marine and
Harbours of the State 3 ;
tons or tonnage , in relation to a British
registered vessel, means the gross registered tons or tonnage calculated in
accordance with the British measurement of registered tonnage, and, in
relation to any other vessel, means the gross registered tons or tonnage
calculated in accordance with the standard of measurement adopted by the
authority by which the vessel is registered;
vessel includes ship, hulk, boat, barge, lighter,
flat and any other type of craft howsoever propelled;
vessel of war means a vessel built for combatant
service or converted for that purpose and tankers conveying fuel oil for such
a vessel, if the vessel is owned or otherwise directly managed or controlled
by the Government of the United Kingdom or of any of Her Majesty’s
States, Dominions or Colonies, or by the Government of any foreign country
which is a party with Her Majesty to any military alliance and not engaged in
trade, but does not include a vessel used solely for the transport of troops,
stores or equipment;
wharf includes any jetty or structure to which a
vessel may be made fast or on which passengers, cargo or merchandise may be
loaded or discharged.
[Regulation 4 amended in Gazette
10 Aug 1979 p. 2433; 28 Aug 1981 p. 3574;
21 May 1982 p. 1579; 10 Dec 1982 p. 4799;
19 Jul 1991 p. 3644; 11 Aug 1992 p. 3975;
6 Aug 1993 p. 4276.]