For the purpose of this Code the definitions given hereunder
apply. For terms used but not defined in this Code, the definitions
as given in the 1974 SOLAS Convention apply.
1.3.1 “Crew” means all persons carried
on board the ship to provide navigation and maintenance of the ship,
its machinery, systems, and arrangements essential for propulsion
and safe navigation or to provide services for other persons on board.
1.3.2 “Passenger” means every person
other than:
1.3.3 “Special personnel” means all
persons who are not passengers or members of the crew or children
of under one year of age and who are carried on board in connection
with the special purpose of that ship or because of special work being
carried out aboard that ship. Wherever in this Code the number of
special personnel appears as a parameter it should include the number
of passengers carried on board which may not exceed 12.
1.3.4 Except as provided in 8.3, "special
purpose ship" means a mechanically self-propelled ship which, by reason of its function,
carries on board more than 12 special personnel including passengers. Special purpose
ships to which this Code applies include the following types:
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.1 ships engaged in research, expeditions and
survey;
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.2 ships for training of marine personnel;
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.3 whale and fish factory ships not engaged in
catching;
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.4 ships processing other living resources of the
sea, not engaged in catching; and
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.5 other ships with design features and modes of
operation similar to ships referred to in .1 to .4 which in the opinion of the
Administration may be referred to this group.
1.3.6 “Near-coastal voyage” means
a voyage in the vicinity of the coast of an Administration as defined
by that Administration.
1.3.7 “Length (L)” means 96% of the
total length on a waterline 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 waterline, if that be greater.
In ships designed with a rake of keel, the waterline on which this
length is measured should be parallel to the designed waterline. The
length (L) should be measured in metres.
1.3.8 “Breadth (B)” means the maximum
breadth of the ship, measured amidships to the moulded line of the
frame in a ship with a metal shell and to the outer surface of the
hull in a ship with a shell of any other material. The breadth (B)
should be measured in metres.
1.3.9 “Permeability” in relation to
a space is the ratio of the volume within that space which is assumed
to be occupied by water to the total volume of that space.