For the purpose of these Guidelines the following definitions
are adopted:
1.2.1
Administration is the Government
of the State whose flag a passenger submersible craft is entitled
to fly or in which the passenger submersible craft is registered.
1.2.2
Autonomous craft is a passenger
submersible craft which, although requiring surface support, is not
physically connected to support facilities during operation.
1.2.3
Ballast tank refers to a compartment/tank
used to control the buoyancy of a passenger submersible craft.
1.2.4
Exostructure means all structure
appendages, fairings and fendering outside of the pressure hull, including
propeller guards.
1.2.5
Gas container is a pressure
container for the storage and transport of gases under pressure.
1.2.6
Life-support system is the
equipment and systems required to maintain the passenger submersible
craft in a habitable condition in all anticipated operating conditions.
1.2.7
The design depth is the maximum
depth to which the passenger submersible craft is designed to operate.
1.2.8
Organization is the International
Maritime Organization (IMO).
1.2.9
Payload is the weight the passenger
submersible craft is capable of carrying in addition to its permanently
fitted equipment.
1.2.10
Passenger is every person
other than the pilot and the members of the crew or other persons
employed or engaged in any capacity on board a passenger submersible
craft on the business of the craft.
1.2.11
Passenger compartment is a
space intended to accommodate passengers.
1.2.12
Passenger submersible craft is
a passenger-carrying mobile vessel, which primarily operates under
water and relies on surface support, e.g. a surface ship or shore-based
facilities, for monitoring and for one or more of the following:
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.1 recharging of power supply;
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.2 recharging high pressure air; and
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.3 recharging life-support.
1.2.13
Pilot is a person appointed
to command the passenger submersible craft.
1.2.14
Pressure container is a pressure
vessel for the storage of fluids under pressure.
1.2.15
Recognized organization is
a classification society authorized by a flag State to perform statutory
services on its behalf under certain conditions determined by the
flag Statefootnote.
1.2.16
Rated depth is the maximum
depth to which the passenger submersible craft is certified to operate.
1.2.17
Support facility is a surface
craft or shore-based facility providing support to passenger submersible
craft.
1.2.18
Viewport is a penetration
in the pressure boundary including the window, flange, retaining ring
and seals.
1.2.19
Window is a transparent, impermeable
and pressure resistant insert in the viewport.