S.L. 480.5 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 480. Cap. 37. Cap. 164. Cap. 234.

In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Arms Act;

"applicant" means an applicant for a licence under these regulations;

"the Board" means the Private Maritime Security Licensing Board constituted and appointed in accordance with regulation 7;

"Director" means the Director of Trade Services; "firearm" and "ammunition" have the same meaning as assigned to them in Schedules II and III of the Act; "high risk area" means an area the Registrar General may from time to time determine, lay down, prescribe, set or specify through the issue of Merchant Shipping Notices and in so doing, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Registrar General shall be guided by the circulars, clarifications, codes, decisions, directives, guidelines, instruments, interpretations, manuals, notices, publications, recommendations, regulations, resolutions, rules or any other similar medium of the United Nations or any other body or organisation with an appropriate knowledge or competence on the subject matter; "in writing" means printed, typewritten, or otherwise visibly represented, copied, or reproduced, including by fax or email or other electronic means; "licence" means the Private Maritime Security Company operational licence in accordance with regulation 3; "licensee" means any person who holds a licence granted under these regulations; "officer of the customs" has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Customs Ordinance; "police officer" has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Police Act; "Private Maritime Security Company" or "PMSC" means private contractors legitimately licensed to provide international security personnel, both armed and unarmed, on board vessels for the exclusive purpose of providing protection against piracy or armed robbery at sea in the high risk area; "Private Contracted Armed Security Personnel" or "PCASP" means adequately trained armed personnel engaged, employed or contracted by a PMSC engaged for the sole purpose of providing additional protection against piracy or armed robbery at sea in the high risk area; "Registrar General" means the Registrar General of Shipping and Seaman as provided under the Merchant Shipping Act, and includes any person acting under his authority; "Rules for the Use of Force" mean a written set of rules adopted by a PMSC as part of its Standard Operating Procedures, comprising of the conditions and limitations for the use of force by any PCASP on board vessels in the high risk area in the face of a real or imminent threat of piracy or armed robbery at sea, and which are consistent with applicable international laws and standards, which may be in force from time to time; "senior members of management" means those persons occupying key management roles within the PMSC as declared by the applicant in accordance with regulation 9(a); "Standard Operating Procedures" means a written document comprising of the operational procedures and measures adopted by a PMSC and adhered to by all its PCASPs on board vessels in the high risk area and shall include the PMSC’s Rules for the Use of Force. Part II PMSC Operational Licence