2. Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Act” means Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority Act;
“Authority” means the Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority incorporated under the Act;
“authorised officer” means a person authorised by the General Manager to exercise powers or perform the duties in respect of which the expression is used;
“blaster” means in relation to a ship any person (other than an Authority Pilot) having charge of a ship;
“charter yacht” means a yacht propelled by sail, power or otherwise plying for hire or reward and includes in its meaning master, owner or agent thereof;
“cargo” means all kinds of movable property including animals;
“cargo handling” means the manipulation of cargo from ship's hook to place of rest or delivery or vice versa;
“containers” means a shipping container suitable for shipping or storing a number of smaller containers, packages, pieces or bulk material that confines and protects the content from loss or damage, can be handled in transit as a unit and is large enough to require mechanical handling; It shall not measure less than 320 cu. ft.;
“Council” means the Council appointed under the provisions section 4 of the Act;
“documents” means documents used in connection with ships and cargo;
“exports” means cargo loaded or intended to be loaded into a ship in a port;
“free period” means the specified period during which cargo may be stored within a terminal facility free of storage charges;
“General Manager” means the General Manager of the Authority and includes any person appointed to act as General Manager or any Authorised Officer delegated by the General Manager to carry out any duty arising from the implementation of the Tariff;
“gross registered tonnage” means the highest gross registered tonnage of a ship as shown in Lloyds Register or similar register or from the ship's registration papers;
“imports” means cargo other than transhipment cargo or overlanded cargo discharged at a port from a ship;
“N.O.S.” means Not Other-wise Specified;
“owner” when used in relation—
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(a) to cargo, includes any consignee, consignor, shipper or agent of the owner for the sale, custody, loading, handing, discharge or delivery of such cargo;
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(b) to any ship, includes any part owner, charterer, operator, consignee or mortgagee in possession thereof or any duly authorised agent of such a person;
“passenger” means a person, other than a stowaway being carried on a ship, who is not a member of the crew of that ship;
“port users” means ships, owners of cargo and any other person or persons using a port or terminal facility;
“pilot” means a pilot employed by the Authority under the provisions of section 55 of the Act;
“place of rest” means a location designated by the General Manager within a terminal facility where cargo may be placed and allowed to remain whilst awaiting delivery or loading on board a ship;
“private yacht” means any ship used for recreation not plying for hire or reward and includes its master, owner or agent thereof;
“port” means the Seaport of Castries or the Seaport of Vieux-Fort as defined in the Act;
“ship” includes every description of water-craft in the water used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water and shall include in its meaning its master, owner or agent;
“ship's hook” means the point of transfer from ship to a terminal facility or vice versa;
“shifting of a ship” means the moving of a ship from one point to another within a port at the request of the Authority, master, agent or owner;
“stevedoring” means the on-board operation of discharging, loading or restowing cargo in a ship;
“storage charge” means the penal charge made on cargo remaining in a terminal facility after the expiry date of any free period;
“tariff” means the Tariff Book and regulations under section 53 of the Act;
“T.E.U.” means 20 foot equivalent unit when used in connection with containers;
“terminal facility” means any equipment, premise or area provided by the Authority for the interchange of cargo from ship to shore or vice versa;
“ton” means 2,000 lbs. or 40 cubic feet;
“transhipment” means cargo declared as such in a port and brought in by a ship from outside Saint Lucia for the purpose of reshipment to a foreign place;
“vehicle” means any vehicle towed or propelled by any means whatsoever for the portage of cargo or persons otherwise than by sea;
“tug” means a tug owned or chartered by or otherwise under the control of the Authority.