Maritime Transport Act 1994

Wreck of ships and aircraft

98: Interpretation

You could also call this:

"What special words mean in this law"

When you read this part of the law, some words have special meanings. A Crown entity is what you find in section 7 of the Crown Entities Act 2004. Tidal water is the sea or a river where the tide comes in and out.

You need to know what tidal water and wreck mean. Tidal water includes parts of the sea and rivers where the tide flows. A wreck can be a ship or aircraft that is lost, abandoned, or in trouble, and it can also include things that belong to the ship or aircraft.

A wreck includes things like ships or planes that are abandoned or lost, and equipment or cargo that belongs to them. It also includes containers and property that fall off a ship, but not cargo that is being unloaded from a ship in a port.

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Part 9Wreck of ships and aircraft

98Interpretation

  1. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    Crown entity has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Crown Entities Act 2004

      tidal water means—

      1. any part of the sea:
        1. any part of a river within the ebb and flow of the tide at mean spring tides

          wreck includes—

          1. any ship or aircraft which is abandoned, stranded, or in distress at sea or in any river or lake or other inland water, or any equipment or cargo or other articles belonging to or separated from any such ship or aircraft or belonging to or separated from any ship or aircraft which is lost at sea or in any river or lake or other inland water; and
            1. shipping containers and property lost overboard or similarly separated from a ship, other than cargo lost in the course of its unloading or discharge from the ship while the ship is in a port.

            Compare
            • 1950 No 34 s 2(1)
            • 1952 No 49 s 2(1)
            • 1987 No 184 s 2(1)
            Notes
            • Section 98 Crown entity: substituted, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).
            • Section 98 Receiver: repealed, on , by section 13(1) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 68).
            • Section 98 salvage: repealed, on , by section 13(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 68).
            • Section 98 salvage services: repealed, on , by section 13(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 68).
            • Section 98 salvor: repealed, on , by section 13(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 68).
            • Section 98 wreck: substituted, on , by section 13(3) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 68).