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CHAPTER I.— GENERAL PROVISIONS 



PART A.— APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS, &c. 

 Regulation 1 



Application 



(a) Unless expressfly provided otherwise, the present Regulations apply 

 only to ships engaged on international voyages. 



(b) The classes of ships to which each Chapter applies are more precisely 

 defined, and the extent of the application is shown, in each Chapter. 



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Regulation 2 



Definitions 



For the purpose of the present Regulations, unless expressly provided 

 otherwise : — 



(a) " Regulations " means the Regulations referred to in Article I (a) 



of the present Convention. 



(b) " Administration " means the Government of the country in which the 



ship is registered. 



(c) " Approved " means approved by the Administration. 



(d) " International voyage " means a voyage from a country to which the 



present Convention applies to a port outside such country, or con- 

 versely; and for this purpose every territory for the international 

 relations of which a Contracting Government is responsible or for 

 which the United Nations are the administering authority is regarded 

 as a separate country. 



(e) A passenger is every person other than : — 



(i) the master and the members of the crew or other persons 

 employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on 

 the business of that ship; and 

 (ii) a child under one year of age. 

 (/) A passenger ship is a ship which carries more than twelve passengers. 

 (g) A cargo ship is any ship which is not a passenger ship. 

 (h) A tanker is a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in 

 bulk of liquid cargoes of an inflammable nature. 



(/) A fishing vessel is a vessel used for catching fish, whales, seals, walrus 

 or other living resources of the sea. 



0) A nuclear ship is a ship provided with a nuclear power plant. 



Ch. 1 



