Section 2

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"anniversary date" means the day and the month of each year which will correspond to the date of expiry of the relevant certificate;

"approved,. means approved by the Certifying Authority;

"Certifying Authority" means the Director and any other organisation authorised under the Order for the survey or inspection of Brunei

Darussalam ships and the issue of any certificate under Part VII of the

Order;

"Contracting Government" means any government which has consented to be bound by the Convention and for which the Convention is in force;

"Convention" means the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 as modified by the Protocol of 1988 relating thereto and any amendment made thereto which has come into force and has been accepted by the

Government;

"existing ship" means a ship which is not a new ship;

"fishing vessel" is a ship used for catching fish, whales, seals, walrus or other living resources of the sea;

"international voyage" means a sea voyage from Brunei Darussalam to a port or place outside Brunei Darussalam, or conversely or a voyage between ports or places outside Brunei Darussalam;

"length" means 96% of the total length on a water-line at 85% of the least moulded depth measured from the top of the keel, or the length from the foreside of the stern to the axis of the rudder stock on that water-line, if that be greater. Where the stern contour is concave above the water-line at 85% of the least moulded depth, both the forward terminal of the total length and the foreside of the stern respectively shall be taken at the vertical projection to that water-line of the afterrnost point of the stern contour (above that water-line). In ships designed with a rake of keel the water-line on which this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed water-line;

"new ship" means a ship the keel of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction on or after 6th. June, 1987;

"tons" means gross tonnage measured in accordance with the Merchant

Shipping [Tonnage) Regulations, 2006 [S 61/06).

General provisions.