S.L. 499.26 ст. 3Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Act" means the Authority for Transport in Malta Act;

"Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta as established by the Act; "Board" means the Pilotage Board established by regulation 38;

"Chief Pilot" and "Deputy Chief Pilot" means those pilots elected in accordance with and for the purpose of regulation 18;

"compulsory pilotage port" means a port declared as such in Part III of the First Schedule to the Ports and Shipping Act;

"high speed craft" means a ship which complies with the provisions of the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft (HSC Code) as per IMO Resolution MSC 36(63); "length overall (LOA)" means the overall length of the vessel from the foreside of the foremost fixed permanent structure to the afterside of the aftermost fixed permanent structure of the vessel; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for ports and shipping; "pilot" means a person holding a licence granted by the Authority in terms of regulation 7 to pilot ships and it shall also includes the Chief Pilot and the Deputy Chief Pilot;

"pilot launch" means a boat or ship employed in the rendering of pilotage services;

"pilotage agreement" has the meaning assigned to it in regulations 4 and 6;

"pilot launch dues" shall be the amount payable by the ship for the provision of the pilot launch;

"pilotage fee" shall be the fee charged by the service provider for the provision of the pilotage service in accordance with these regulations and the Agreement referred to in regulation 6; "pilotage service" means the act, carried out by a licensed pilot, of assisting the master of a ship in navigation and manoeuvring when entering, leaving or shifting in a port or the approaches thereto, and includes the provision of the pilot launch;

"pilotage tariff" shall be the whole amount due by the ship for the provision of the pilotage service as specified in the Schedule, and shall include the pilotage fee due to the service provider, the social contributions due in accordance with regulation 34 and other fees as may be charged by the Authority in connection with pilotage on the order of the Minister; "port" shall have the same meaning as that assigned to it in the Act; "scheduled service" means a series of ship crossings operated so as to serve traffic between two or more ports, either according to a published timetable or with crossings so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognisable systematic series;

"senior pilot" means a Class 1 pilot who is authorized by the Authority to perform all pilotage services without limitations relating to particular ships, ports or parts thereof; "service provider" means that association, co-operative society or company made up of a group of pilots licensed according to these regulations, whose number is equal to that required for the provision of pilotage services according to regulation 4(2):

Provided that if the number of persons licensed to provide pilotage services under these regulations falls below that required under the said regulation 4(2), the group shall consist of such number of licensed pilots; "ship" shall have the same meaning as that assigned to it in the Act; "technical committee" means a committee made up of representatives of the Authority and of the service provider, the precise composition and functions of which shall be determined by the pilotage agreement. Pilotage