Interpretation

In this Part of this Act, “authorised officer” means a public officer authorised by the Minister for the purposes of this Act; “carrier” includes any person or body of persons carrying goods or passengers for hire by land or water; “harbour” includes any port, dock, navigable river, canal, pier or other works in or at which vessels and ship discharge goods or passengers; “Minister” means the Minister of Government charged with the responsibility for the subject of dangerous goods; “petroleum” includes all such rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burmah oil, oil made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale, peat or other bituminous substance, and any products of petroleum or any of the above-mentioned oils which, when tested in manner 7 described in the Schedule, gives off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than one hundred degrees Fahrenheit; “warehouse-owner” includes any person owning or managing any warehouse, store, quay or other premises in which goods are deposited.