Section 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Authority” means the Port of Singapore Authority established under the Port of Singapore Authority Act [Cap. 236];

“Convention” means the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage signed in Brussels in 1969;

“Convention country” means a country in respect of which the Convention is in force;

“Convention State” means a State which is a party to the Convention;

“Court” means the High Court of Singapore;

“damage” includes loss;

“Director” means the Director of Marine appointed under the Merchant Shipping Act [Cap. 179] and includes the Deputy Director of Marine appointed thereunder;

“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of a ship;

“oil” means any persistent oil such as crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil, lubricating oil and whale oil, whether carried on board a ship as cargo or in the bunkers of such a ship;

“owner”, in relation to a ship, means the person registered as the owner of the ship, or, in the absence of registration, the person owning the ship, except that, in relation to a ship owned by a State which is operated by a person registered as the ship’s operator, it means the person registered as the operator;

“port” has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Port of Singapore Authority Act;

“ship” means any sea-going vessel and any seaborne craft of any type whatsoever carrying oil in bulk as cargo;

“Singapore ship” means a ship registered under Part XIII of the Merchant Shipping Act.

References in this Act to the area of Singapore include the territorial waters of Singapore and references to the area of any other Convention country include the territorial sea of that Convention country.