1.1 Unless expressly provided otherwise:
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Convention means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,
1974, as amended.
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Regulation means a regulation
of the Convention.
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Chapter means a chapter of the
Convention.
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Gross tonnage means the one determined
under the provisions of the International Convention
on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 irrespective of the date
on which the ship or high-speed craft has been or is being constructed.
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Ship means a passenger ship, a
cargo ship, a high-speed craft and a mobile offshore drilling unit
which is required pursuant to the provisions of regulation V/19-1 to transmit LRIT
information.
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Offshore supply vessel means
a vessel as defined in paragraph 1.1.2 of the Guidelines for the design
and construction of offshore supply vessels, 2006 adopted by resolution MSC.235(82).
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Special purpose ship means a ship
as defined in paragraph 1.3.12 of the Code of Safety for Special Purpose
Ships, 2008 adopted by resolution MSC.266(84).
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A.494(XII)-ship means a ship the
keel of which was laid before 18 July 1994 and which in accordance
with the provisions of operative paragraph 3 of resolution A.494(XII)
on Revised interim scheme for tonnage measurement for certain ships
were allowed to use the gross tonnage determined in accordance with
national tonnage rules in determining whether it is required to comply
with the provisions of chapter IV.
1.2 Terms not otherwise defined have the same
meaning as the meaning attributed to them in chapters I, IV and V.