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Interpretation

SI00/2129/REG2In these Regulations鈥�

鈥渢he Act鈥� means the Finance Act 2000;

鈥渂ack-up officer鈥� means a master or a deck or engineer officer required for the purpose of enabling a ship to be operated on an indefinite basis, allowing for leave, in addition to the officers required by the safe manning document;

鈥渂ase rate鈥� means the interest rate set by the Bank of England which is used as the basis for other banks鈥� rates;

鈥淏ritish citizen鈥� means a person who is a British citizen within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981;

鈥淏ritish citizen from the Channel Islands or Isle of Man鈥� means a person who holds British citizenship by virtue of the fact that he, a parent or grandparent was born, adopted, naturalised or registered in one of those islands, and neither he nor any parent or grandparent was born, adopted, naturalised or registered in the United Kingdom, and he has never been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom for five years;

鈥淐hamber of Shipping鈥� means the trade association for the United Kingdom shipping industry, incorporated under that name as a company limited by guarantee;

鈥渃onversion training鈥� means training of at least ten months鈥� duration for a merchant navy rating, a person formerly employed in Her Majesty鈥檚 Navy or a skipper or crew member of a fishing vessel, which leads to a first certificate of competency;

鈥淓EA Agreement鈥� means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;

鈥淓EA State鈥� means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement;

鈥渆ffective officer complement鈥� means the class comprising the relevant officers and back-up officers for a ship, and is calculated in accordance with regulation 4;

鈥渆ligible officer trainee鈥� has the meaning given by regulation 7;

鈥渇irst certificate of competency鈥� means any of the following certificates referred to in the STCW Convention-

(a) the appropriate certificate for an officer in charge of a navigational watch referred to in Regulation II/1.1, II/3.1 or II/3.3,

(b) the appropriate certificate for an officer in charge of an engineering watch referred to in Regulation III/1.1;
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IMO number鈥� means the number assigned to the ship in accordance with Resolution A.600(15) of 19th November 1987 of the International Maritime Organisation;

鈥淢aritime Training Trust鈥� means the body of that name which has been set up by the Chamber of Shipping, the National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers (NUMAST) and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) to hold and allocate monies contributed by organisations for the purpose of promoting the training of seafarers;

鈥淢erchant Navy Training Board鈥� means the body of that name which is recognised by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 as a national training organisation for maintaining and enhancing skills in the shipping industry;

鈥渘ationality groups鈥� means the following groups:

(a) British citizens,

(b) nationals of EEA States other than the United Kingdom, and

(c) people who do not fall within paragraph (a) or (b);
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Ratings Task Force鈥� means the ad hoc group of that name comprising representatives from industry, trade unions and government and chaired by the Chamber of Shipping;

鈥渞elevant course鈥� means a course which leads to a first certificate of competency;

鈥渞elevant four month period鈥� means a period of four months commencing 1 October, 1 February or 1 June;

鈥渞elevant officer鈥� means a master or a deck or engineer officer;

鈥渟afe manning document鈥� means a document described as such or as a safe manning certificate and issued, in the case of a United Kingdom ship, by the Secretary of State, and in the case of any other ship, by or on behalf of the government of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly;

鈥渢he STCW Convention鈥� means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended on 7th July 1995;

鈥淯nited Kingdom ship鈥� means a ship registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; and

鈥測ear鈥� means a twelve month period beginning on 1 October.

References

Initial and annual training commitments	TTM04110
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Training certificate a condition of entry into Tonnage Tax	TTM04210