14. Application and interpretation of this Division

Terms defined in s 2

• Convention

  Convention

  Defined · s 2

  “Convention” means the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007, the text of which is in the First Schedule;

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• gross tonnage

  gross tonnage

  Defined · s 2

  “gross tonnage”, in relation to a ship, means its gross tonnage calculated in accordance with the regulations in Annex 1 of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 and any amendment to it which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government, or any successor convention accepted by the Government;

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• removal

  removal

  Defined · s 2

  “removal” means any form of prevention, mitigation or elimination of the hazard created by a wreck;

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• ship

  ship

  Defined · s 2

  “ship” means a seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever, and includes hydrofoil boats, air‑cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft and floating platforms, except when those platforms are on location engaged in the exploration, exploitation or production of seabed mineral resources;

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• Singapore ship

  Singapore ship

  Defined · s 2

  “Singapore ship” means a ship —(a)that is registered, provisionally or otherwise, under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; and(b)which registry is not closed or deemed to be closed or suspended under that Part;

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• wreck

  wreck

  Defined · s 2

  “wreck”, following upon a maritime casualty, means —(a)a sunken or stranded ship;(b)any part of a sunken or stranded ship, including any object that is or has been on board such a ship;(c)any object that is lost at sea from a ship and that is stranded, sunken or adrift at sea; or(d)a ship that is about, or may reasonably be expected, to sink or to strand, where effective measures to assist the ship or any property in danger are not already being taken.

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