Section 2

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"amidships" means the midpoint of the length;

"Certifying Authority" means the Director and any other organisation authorised by the Minister in accordance with the regulations made under section 125;

"Contracting State" means a country or territory which is a party to the

Convention;

"Convention" means the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 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;

~gross tonnage" means the measure of the overall size of a ship determined in accordance with these Regulations;

"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 stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that water-line, if that be greater. 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;

"net tonnage" means the measure of the useful capacity of a ship determined in accordance with these Regulations;

"new ship" means a ship the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction on or after 18th. July, 1982.

Application.