Chapter:	478B	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (ENTRY INTO DANGEROUS SPACES) REGULATION	Gazette Number:
Section:	2	Heading:	Interpretation	Version Date:	30/06/1997

In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires-
"Code" (守則) means Chapter 10 of the United Kingdom Department of Transport, publication entitled "Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen", published in 1991 by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, as in force from time to time;
"crew" (船員) means all the seafarers employed on board a ship;
"dangerous space" (危險艙) means any enclosed or confined space in which it is foreseeable that the atmosphere may at some stage contain toxic or flammable gases or vapours, or be deficient in oxygen, to the extent that it may endanger the life or health of any person entering that space;
"employer" (僱主) means the person for the time being employing the master;
"gas carrier" (氣體運載船) means any ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas;
"master" (船長) excludes a watchman;
"tanker" (油船) means any ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of oil or chemicals;
"tons" (噸) and "tonnage" (噸位) mean-

(a) "tons" and "tonnage" as calculated in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Registration)(Tonnage) Regulations (Cap 415 sub. leg. C); and
(b) gross registered tons, and the gross registered tonnage of a ship having alternative gross tonnages shall be taken to be the larger of those tonnages.