Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SHIPS (CAPITAL GRANTS) ACT 1987 No. 74, 1987 - SECT 3

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"approved form" means a form approved by the Secretary in writing;

"Australia" includes the Territories;

"Australian resident" means a natural person who is, or but for being at sea
would be, ordinarily resident in Australia;

"Australian trading ship" means a trading ship registered in Australia;

"category" means a category of ships under section 6;

"category certificate" means a certificate given under section 12 or
subsection 13 (2) and, in relation to a ship, means such a certificate given
for the ship;

"commissioned", in relation to a ship, means put into service or held in
reserve for the purpose of being put into service;

"conversion", in relation to a ship, means the conversion because of which
subsection 8 (3) applies to the ship;

"crew", in relation to a ship, includes the master and officers of the ship;

"domestic voyage" means a voyage between:

   (a)  places in Australia; or

   (b)  Australia and a place that is not in Australia or in a foreign
        country;

"eligible ship" means:

   (a)  a tanker that could be operated on a foreign voyage with a crew of not
        more than 21;

   (b)  a tanker that could be operated on a domestic voyage with a crew of
        not more than 23;

   (c)  a non-tanker that could be operated on a voyage with a crew of not
        more than 21; or

   (d)  a ship that:

        (i)    could, on a particular voyage, fall into a regulation category;
               and

        (ii)   could be operated on the voyage with a crew whose number does
               not exceed the maximum crew number for the voyage;
but does not include a ship less than 12 metres in length;

"extensively modified", in relation to a ship, has the meaning given by
section 5;

"foreign voyage" means a voyage other than a domestic voyage;

"grant" means a grant under this Act;

"grant year" means a period of 12 months commencing on 1 April;

"ineligible ship" means a ship other than an eligible ship;

"maximum crew number", in relation to a ship's voyage, means the maximum
crew number for the voyage under section 7;

"non-tanker" means a ship other than a tanker, but does not include a ship
that could not be a trading ship;

"purchase", in relation to a ship, includes the meaning given by section 4;

"registered in Australia", in relation to a ship, means registered under the
Shipping Registration Act 1981;

"regulation category" means a category created by regulations referred to in
subsection 6(2);

"Secretary" means the Secretary to the Department;

"ship" has the same meaning as in the Navigation Act 1912;

"shipowner" means a person who owns or intends to own a ship, but does not
include a person who is exempt from income tax imposed by a law of the
Commonwealth;

"statutory category" means a category created by subsection 6 (1);

"tanker" means a ship constructed or adapted primarily to carry oil or other
liquids in bulk in its cargo spaces;

"trading ship" means a ship that is used in relation to any business or
commercial activity and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
includes a ship that is used wholly or principally for the carriage of cargo,
or passengers, for hire or reward, but does not include:

   (a)  a ship that is used wholly or principally for the provision of
        services to ships or shipping, whether for reward or otherwise;

   (b)  a ship that is, within the meaning of the Navigation Act 1912, a
        fishing vessel, an inland waterways vessel, a pleasure craft, an
        off-shore industry vessel or an off-shore industry mobile unit; or

   (c)  a ship that is used wholly or principally within a harbour within the
        meaning of the Navigation Act 1912;

"used", in relation to a ship, includes held in reserve for use.