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Definitions

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In this Act —
"Authority" means the Port Authority established by this Act;
"berth" includes anchorage, mooring, dock, jetty, wharf and every place within territorial waters where a vessel may be brought to rest and secured;
"boat" means a vessel measuring not more than twenty feet and not less than eight feet from stem to stern;
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority;
"crane" includes a derrick and every other load handling device of a like nature;
"day marker" means a buoy, beacon or other mark or sign of the sea other than a lighthouse;
"Director" means the Port Director appointed as such by the Authority under section 3(7) and includes every person acting under the Director's authority;
"diving" means remaining below the surface of the sea with the assistance of underwater breathing apparatus;
"lighthouse" means any floating or other light exhibited for the guidance of vessels;
"local" with reference to any vessel, means a vessel which does not normally enter a non-Caymanian jurisdiction;
"master" means a person for the time being having charge or control of a vessel;
"Member" means the Member of the Cabinet charged with the administration of this Act in accordance with section 54 of the Constitution;
"mile" means a nautical mile, being a distance of six thousand and eighty feet;
"officer" means a port officer referred to in section 8;
"pilotage dues" means the amount payable under this Act for piloting a vessel;
"port" includes every part of the Islands prescribed as such;
"port areas" means the areas vested in the Authority by section 5;
"port dues" includes dues for pilotage, berthing, handling charges, demurrage and all debts due to the Authority under this Act however arising;
"prescribed" means prescribed under this Act or any regulation;
"ship" means a vessel measuring more than twenty feet from stem to stern;
"ship's papers" include the documentation and records required by this Act or any regulation to be produced for inspection by any person;
"territorial waters" means that part of the sea adjacent to the Islands being within twelve miles of the coast at low tide;
"uncustomed goods" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision);
"U.K. Act" means the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894-1986 [U.K. Acts];
"vessel" is a device, including a hovercraft, capable of being navigated in water by any means by a crew of one or more persons but does not include an inflatable device unless such device is or is designed to be propelled by a power unit attached thereto; and
"wreck" means any sunken, foundered, waterlogged, grounded, stranded or abandoned vessel and also includes flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict located in territorial waters or upon beaches.

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AuthorityberthboatChairpersoncraneday markerDirectordivinglighthouselocalmasterMembermileofficerpilotage duesportport areasport duesprescribedshipship's papersterritorial watersuncustomed goodsU.K. Actvesselwreck

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