Section 11: Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is-
"Authority" means the Nigerian Ports Authority as constituted under section 1 of the Nigerian Ports Authority Act;
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"Convention" means the Convention entitled "Convention on the Continental Shelf", signed at Geneva on the 29th April, 1958, being the Convention, of which Nigeria is a party, and a copy of which in the English language is set out in the Second Schedule to this Act;
"master" has the meaning given in section 127 of the Nigerian Ports Authority Act;
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"Minister" means the Minister of Transport;
"oil" means crude oil of any description, liquefied petroleum gas or liquefied natural gas;
"oil terminal" has the meaning given in section 7 of this Act, and any other reference in this Act to the area within which an oil terminal is situated shall be construed as prescribed in that section;
"continental shelf" means the continental shelf, within the meaning of the Convention, adjacent to the coast of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
"ship" has the meaning given in section 127 of the Nigerian Ports Authority Act; and
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"terminal dues" means such dues as may be levied under this Act on any ship evacuating oil at any oil terminal;
"territorial waters" means the territorial waters of Nigeria within the meaning of the Territorial Waters Act.