Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires“authorised person” means a person authorised in writing by or on behalf of IMMARBE for the purposes of these Regulations; “bulk carrier” means a ship which is constructed generally with single deck, top-side tanks and hopper side tanks in cargo spaces, and is intended primarily to carry dry cargo in bulk, and includes such types as ore carriers and combination carriers; “Certificate” means an International Ship Security Certificate and “Interim Certificate” means an Interim International Ship Security Certificate issued in accordance with Part A of the ISPS Code; “chemical tanker” means a cargo ship constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid product listed in Chapter 17 of the IBC Code; Merchant Ships (Registration) 237 “company” means the owner of a ship or any other organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the ship from the owner of the ship and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the ISPS Code and these Regulations; “company security officer” means the person designated by the company for ensuring that a ship security assessment is carried out and that a ship security plan is developed, submitted for approval, and thereafter implemented and maintained, and for liaison with port facility security officers and the ship security “Continuous Synopsis Record” means the Continuous Synopsis Record issued by IMMARBE to a ship for the purpose of providing an on-board record of the history of the ship with respect to the information recorded therein; “Contracting Government” means the government of a State which is party to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea; “Declaration of Security” means an agreement reached between a ship and either a port facility or another ship with which it interfaces, specifying the security measures each will implement; “gas carrier” means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas or other liquid product in Chapter 19 of the IGC Code; “high speed craft” means a craft capable of a maximum speed in metres per second (m/s) equal to or exceeding: 3.70.1667 where = displacement corresponding to the design waterline (m3); “IBC Code” means the International Bulk Chemical Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Merchant Ships (Registration) 238 Chemicals in Bulk adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the Organisation by resolution MEPC.19(22), as may be amended and adopted by the Organisation and brought into force in accordance with the amendment procedures in MARPOL applicable to an appendix to an Annex; “IGC Code” means the International Gas Carrier Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk, 1983, as amended; “IMMARBE” means the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize established under section 3 of the Merchant Ships (Registration) Act; CAP. 236. “ISM Code” means the International Safety Management Code for the safe operation of ships and for pollution prevention as adopted by the IMO by Resolution A.741 (18), together with any amendments which may be in effect with respect to Belize; “ISPS Code” means the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, as adopted on 12 December 2002, by resolution 2 of the Conference of Contracting Governments to the Convention and any amendments that may be in effect for Belize; “mobile offshore drilling unit” means a vessel capable of engaging drilling operations for the exploration for or the exploitation of resources beneath the sea-bed such as liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, sulphur or salt, when not on location; “oil tanker” means a ship constructed or adapted primarily to carry oil in bulk in its cargo spaces and includes– (a) a combination carrier; (b) a chemical tanker as defined in Chapter III when it is carrying a cargo or part cargo of oil in bulk; and Merchant Ships (Registration) 239 (c) a gas carrier as defined in regulation 3.20 of Chapter II-1 of the Convention, when it is carrying a cargo or part cargo of oil in bulk; “Organisation” or “IMO” means the International Maritime Organization; “recognised security organisation” means an organisation with appropriate expertise in security matters and with appropriate knowledge of ship and port operations authorised to carry out an assessment, or a verification, or an approval or a certification activity, under Part A of the ISPS Code; “security incident” means any suspicious act or circumstance threatening the security of a ship, including a mobile offshore drilling unit and a high speed craft, or of a port facility or of any ship/port interface or any ship to ship activity; “security level” means the qualification of the degree of risk that a security incident will be attempted or will occur; “ship” includes mobile offshore drilling units and highspeed craft; “ship/port interface” means the interactions that occur when a ship is directly and immediately affected by actions involving the movement of persons, goods or the provisions of port services to or from the ship; “ship security plan” means a plan required under regulation 5 of these Regulations; “ship to ship activity” means any activity not related to a port facility that involves the transfer of goods or persons from one ship to another; “Convention” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended; Merchant Ships (Registration) 240 “tons” means gross tonnage. (2) The term "all ships", when used in Part II and Part IV, means any ship to which the respective Part applies. (3) In these Regulations, where any reference is made to Part A of the ISPS Code, the guidance in Part B of the Code in relation to that matter shall be taken into account in construing Part A. (4) For the purposes of these Regulations, references to the Administration shall, in relation to Belize ships, be references to