Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Liability of Shipowners and Salvorsfor Maritime Claims
134. Interpretation of this Part
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In this Part —“Convention” means the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976, as amended by the Protocol of 1996 to Amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims and set out in the First Schedule;“ship” in the Convention includes —
ship
“ship” means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes —(a)a barge, lighter or other floating vessel;(b)an air-cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water; and(c)an off-shore industry mobile unit;
any air-cushion vehicle designed to operate in or over water while so operating; and
any structure (whether completed or in the course of completion) launched and intended for use in navigation as a ship or part of a ship.
“Convention” means the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976, as amended by the Protocol of 1996 to Amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims and set out in the First Schedule;
“ship” in the Convention includes —
any air-cushion vehicle designed to operate in or over water while so operating; and
any structure (whether completed or in the course of completion) launched and intended for use in navigation as a ship or part of a ship.