Section 360: Interpretation of this Part

(1)
In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
"ship" means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft, and fixed or floating platforms or mobile offshore units when such platforms or units are not on location engaged in the exploration, exploitation, storage or production sea-bed mineral resources;
"wreck" means-
(a) a sunken or stranded ship, or any part thereof, including anything that is on board such a ship or which is stranded, sunken or in danger at sea and lost at sea from a ship; or
(b) a ship that is about, or that may reasonably be expected, to become a wreck by reason of -
(i) collision, stranding or any other incident of navigation; or
(ii) any other occurrence on board the ship or external to it, resulting in material damage, or imminent threat of material damage, to the ship;
"hazard" means any condition or threat of-
(a) danger or impediment to navigation; or
(b) substantial physical damage to the marine environment, or damage to the coastline.
"related interests" means-
(a) the health of the coastal population and the well being of the area concerned, including conservation of living marine resources and of wildlife;
(b) maritime, coastal, port or estuarine activities, including fisheries activities, constituting an essential means of livelihood of the persons concerned;
(c) tourist attractions of the area concerned;
(d) harbour works, basins and navigable waterways; and
(c) offshore or underwater infrastructure and other economic interests;
"removal" means any form of prevention, mitigation or elimination of hazard proportionate to the hazard;
"shipowner" means the person or persons registered as the owner of the ship, or, in the absence of registration, the person or persons owning the ship, at the time of the incident leading to a wreck;
"territorial sea" means the territorial sea as defined by the Territorial Waters Act.
(2)
Where a ship is owned by a country and operated by a company which is registered as the ship's operator, "shipowner" shall mean the company.