Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 4033–6626

4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) Authority;
(b) General Register;
(c) International Register;
(d) provisional registration certificate;
(e) registered;
(f) registered agent;
(g) Registrar;
(h) registration certificate;
(i) share;
(j) ship.
 (1) In this instrument:
Act means the Shipping Registration Act 1981.
address means:
 (a) for an individual—the place at which the individual ordinarily resides; or
 (b) for a body corporate:
 (i) if it is incorporated in Australia—its registered office in Australia; or
 (ii) otherwise—its principal place of business in Australia or, if it has no place of business in Australia, its principal place of business; or
 (c) for a body politic—the official address of an appropriate representative of the body politic.
builder's certificate means a certificate that complies with section 15.
call sign, in relation to a ship, means the call sign for the time being of the radio station (if any), or the principal radio station, of the ship.
home port of a ship means the port that is entered in the General Register or International Register as the home port of the ship.
moulded depth of a part of a ship means the vertical distance measured at that part of the ship from the top of the keel to the underside of the upper deck at side, except that:
 (a) if the ship is constructed of wood or composite material, the distance is measured from the lower edge of the keel rabbet; and
 (b) if the form of the lower part of the midship section of the ship is of a hollow character or if thick garboards are fitted, the distance is measured from the point at which the line of the flat of the bottom continued inwards intersects the side of the keel; and
 (c) if the ship has rounded gunwales, the distance is measured to the point of intersection of the moulded lines of the deck and side shell plating, the lines extending as though the gunwales were of angular design; and
 (d) if the upper deck of the ship is stepped and the raised part of the deck extends over the point at which the moulded depth is to be determined, the distance is measured to a line of reference extending from the lower part of the deck along a line parallel with the raised part.
moulded depth amidships, in relation to a ship, means the moulded depth of the ship:
 (a) except for a ship referred to in paragraph (b)—in the vertical plane that intersects the centreline plane of the ship at right angles midway between the vertical lines referred to in paragraphs 10(1)(a) and (b) of the Act;