For the purpose of the Convention, unless expressly provided otherwise.
.1“Regulations” means regulations contained in the annex to the Convention;
.2“Approved” means approved by the Party in accordance with these regulations;
.3“Master” means the person having command of a ship;
.4“Officer” means a member of the crew, other than the master, designated as such by national law or regulations or, in the absence of such designation, by collective agreement or custom;
.5“Deck officer” means an officer qualified in accordance with the provisions of chapter II of the Convention;
.6“Chief mate” means the officer next in rank to the master and upon whom the command of the ship will fall in the event of the incapacity of the master;
.7“Engineer officer” means an officer qualified in accordance with the provisions of chapter III of the Convention;
.8“Chief engineer officer” means the senior engineer officer responsible for the mechanical propulsion and the operation and maintenance of the mechanical and electrical installations of the ship;
.9“Second engineer officer” means the engineer officer next in rank to the chief engineer officer and upon whom the responsibility for the mechanical propulsion and the operation and maintenance of the mechanical and electrical installations of the ship will fall in the event of the incapacity of the chief engineer officer;
.10“Assistant engineer officer” means a person under training to become an engineer officer and designated as such by national law of regulations;
.11“Radio operator” means a person holding an appropriate certificate issued or recognized by the Administration under the provisions of the Radio Regulations;
.12“Rating” means a member of the ship's crew other than the master or an officer;
.13“Near-coastal voyages” means voyages in the vicinity of a Party as defined by that Party;
.14“Propulsion power” means the total maximum continuous rated output power in kilowatts of all the ship's main propulsion machinery which appears on the ship's certificate of registry or other official document;
.15“Radio duties” include, as appropriate, watchkeeping and technical maintenance and repairs conducted in accordance with the Radio Regulations, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea and, at the discretion of each Administration, the relevant recommendations of the Organization;
.16“Oil tanker” means a ship constructed and used for the carriage of petroleum and petroleum products in bulk;
.17“Chemical tanker” means a ship constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid product listed in chapter 17 of the International Bulk Chemical Code;
.18“Liquefied gas tanker” means a ship constructed of adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquified gas or other products listed in chapter 19 of the International Gas Carrier Code;
.19“Ro-ro passenger ship” means a passenger ship with ro-ro cargo spaces or special category spaces as defined in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended;
.20“Month” means a calendar month or 30 days made up of periods of less than one month;
.21“STCW Code” means the Seafarers' Training Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code as adopted by the 1995 Conference resolution 2, as is may be amended;
.22“Function” means a group of tasks, duties and responsibilities, as specified in the STCW code, necessary for ship operation, safety of life at sea or protection of the marine environment;
.23“Company” means the owner of the ship or any other organization or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the shipowner and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed on the company by these regulations;
.24“Appropriate certificate” means a certificate issued and endorsed in accordance with the provisions of this annex and entitling the lawful holder thereof to serve in the capacity and perform the functions involved at the level of responsibility specified therein on a ship of the type, tonnage, power and means of propulsion concerned while engaged on the particular voyage concerned;
.25“Seagoing service” means service on board a ship relevant to the issue of a certificate or other qualification.