Interpretation

In these Regulations if not inconsistent with the context the following terms have the meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them“day” shall for the purpose of collecting tonnage duty be deemed to mean a period of twenty-four consecutive hours from the time a vessel arrives within the limits of a wharf; “public wharf” means any wharf the property of the Crown in Belize which shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be declared to be such by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette; “ship” shall mean and include every description of vessel, boat or other craft used in navigation.