S.L. 499.52 ст. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Ports and Shipping Act;

"Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta; "certificate of registry" means the certificate mentioned in regulation 13; "enforcement officer" means a member of the Police or the Armed Forces of Malta, or an official authorised by the Authority to enforce these regulations; "Grand Harbour" means the waters enclosed by the line drawn from the outer end of the breakwater arm on the Fort St. Elmo side to the same outer end of the breakwater on the Fort Ricasoli side;

"harbour" means any of the harbours and bays specified in Part I of the Second Schedule;

"inspector" means either a surveyor or any other officer of the Authority authorised to carry out an inspection of a small ship; "internal and territorial waters" means all parts of the open sea within twelve nautical miles of the coast of Malta, or such other distance as may be established under article 3 of the Territorial

Waters and Contiguous Zone Act, measured as in that Act provided, and includes any waters enclosed between the base lines therein mentioned and the coast;

"length" means the distance between the foreside of the foremost fixed permanent structure and the aftside of the aftermost fixed permanent structure; "Marsamxett Harbour" includes the waters within a line drawn from St. Elmo Point to Dragut Point; "mechanically driven small ship" means any small ship under twenty-four metres of length employed solely in navigation within the territorial waters of Malta, driven by a means of propulsion, whether mechanical or electrical;

"mechanically driven small ship for hire" means any small ship under twenty-four metres of length employed solely in navigation within the territorial waters of Malta, hired from a place duly licensed for the hiring of mechanically driven small ships whether to be used as a towing craft for water skiing instructions or facilities, or to be driven for the pleasure of cruising without taking in tow learners or seasoned water skiers, and whether driven by the licensee of such licensed place or by any person employed by such licensee, or by any person hiring the said small ship in terms of regulation 36; "the Minister" means the Minister responsible for ports, transport and maritime affairs; "passage boat" is the traditional Maltese dg]ajsa licensed for the conveyance of fee paying passengers within the Grand Harbour and Marsamxett Harbour;

"skiing speed" means a speed exceeding ten knots; "small fishing vessel" means a small ship under twenty-four metres in length employed solely in navigation within the territorial waters of Malta, whether mechanically driven or not, for the time being used for, or in connection with, fishing, other than a small ship used or intended to be used for fishing otherwise than for profit;

"small ship" means a craft under twenty-four metres in length employed solely in the navigation within the territorial waters of Malta, whether mechanically driven or not, and whether privately or commercially used; and includes, but is not limited to, all types of craft such as sailing boats, yachts, fishing vessels and other craft used for fishing like caiques, luzzijiet and frejgatini, cabin cruisers, speedboats, jet skis, dinghies, passage boats and other Maltese traditional boats, paddleboats, canoes, personal water craft, air cushioned craft etc.; "surveyor" means any person so appointed by the Minister to carry out surveys on vessels; "ship" means every description of craft of any length used in navigation, whether in the territorial waters of Malta or not, whether self-propelled or not, and includes barges, pontoons and oil rigs and other similar vessels; "water skiing" means the towing and sliding of a person on skis, or on any other similar contrivance, attached to a mechanically driven small ship and navigating at a skiing speed.