European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Organisation of Working Time) Regulations 2003
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Organisation of Working Time) Regulations 2003.
Interpretation
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations -
“authorised officer” means a person appointed under Regulation 11;
“Competent Authority” means the Marine Survey Office of the Department;
“complaint” means any information or report submitted by a seafarer, a professional body, an association, a trade union or, generally any person with an interest in the safety of the ship, including an interest in the safety or health of seafarers;
“Department” means the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources;
“Directive” means, as the context admits or requires, Directive 1999/63/EC or Directive 1999/95/EC and a reference to the Directives is a reference to each of them;
“Directive 1999/63/EC” means Directive 1999/63/EC of the Council of 21 June 1999;
“Directive 1999/95/EC” means Directive 1999/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999;
“fishing vessel” means a vessel designed, equipped or used commercially for catching or taking fish or other living resources of the sea (including sea bed) or freshwater;
“hours of rest” means time outside hours of work and does not include short breaks;
“hours of work” means any time during which a seafarer is required to do work on the business of, or in connection with, the ship;
“ILO Convention No. 147” means the convention concerning Minimum Standards in Merchant Ships adopted by the International Labour Organisation on or about 29 October 1976;
“ILO Convention No. 180” means the convention concerning Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships 1996 adopted by the International Labour Organisation on or about 22 October 1996;
“master” includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of a ship;
“Marine Notice” means a notice described as such and issued by the Department and any reference to a particular Marine Notice includes a reference to that notice as amended or replaced from time to time;
“Minister” means the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources;
“partially smooth waters” means the areas of water specified in a Marine Notice within the period or periods, if any, specified therein;
“pleasure vessel” means:
(a) any vessel that is-
(i) wholly owned by an individual or individuals and used only for the sport and pleasure of the owner or the immediate family and friends of the owner, or
(ii) owned by a body corporate and used only for the sport or pleasure of employees or officers of the body corporate, or their immediate family or friends,
and is on a voyage or excursion which is one for which the owner is not paid for or in connection with operating the vessel or carrying any person, other than as a contribution to the direct expenses of the operation of the vessel incurred during the voyage or excursion, or
(b) any vessel that is wholly owned by or on behalf of a members' club formed for the purpose of sport or pleasure which, at the time it is being used, is used only for the sport or pleasure of members of that club or their immediate family; and for the use of which any charges levied are paid into club funds and applied for the general use of the club;
and no payments other than those mentioned above are made by or on behalf of users of the vessel (other than by the owner) and in this definition “immediate family” means, in relation to an individual, the husband or wife of the individual and a brother, sister, lineal ancestor or lineal descendant of that individual or that individual's husband or wife;
“Port Authorities” means Port Companies which operate under the Harbours Act 1996 and Harbour Authorites which operate under the Harbours act, 1946 .
“Protocol to ILO Convention No. 147” means the protocol to ILO Convention No. 147 adopted by the International Labour Organisation on or about 22 October 1996;
“registered medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered on the General Register of Medical Practitioners under the Medical Practitioners Act 1978 ;
“relevant complaint” has the meaning ascribed thereto by Regulation 14(2);