Chapter:	369AH	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (MEANS OF ACCESS) REGULATIONS	Gazette Number:	24 of 2005; L.N. 282 of 2006
Regulation:	2	Heading:	Interpretation	Version Date:	02/01/2007

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"assess" (上落) means embarking on or disembarking from a ship;
"Code" (守則) means Chapter 8 of the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen published in the United Kingdom in 1978 by Her Majesty's Stationery Office and any document amending or replacing it which is considered by the Director to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;
"Director" (處長) means the Director of Marine;
"employer" (僱主) means a person for the time being employing the master;
"fishing vessel" (捕魚船隻) means a fishing vessel certificated as such under the Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) Ordinance (Cap 548); (24 of 2005 s. 55)
"Hong Kong ship" (香港船舶) has the same meaning as in section 107(4) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) Ordinance (Cap 369);
"master" (船長) includes any person in charge of a ship during the absence of the master but excludes a watchman;
"Merchant Shipping Notice" (商船公告) means a Notice described as such and issued by the Department of Transport of the United Kingdom;
"offshore installation" (離岸裝設) means any installation which is or has been maintained, or is intended to be established, for the carrying on of any activity to which the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (1982 c. 23 U.K.) applies;
"pleasure craft" (遊樂航行器) means a vessel primarily used for sport or recreation;
"portable ladder" (活動扶梯) does not include a rope ladder.