In this Act –

air cushion vehicle means a vehicle that is designed to be supported when in motion wholly or partly by air expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which the boundaries include the water or other surface beneath the vehicle;

asset includes any business or property;

Australian Accounting Standards means Statements of Accounting Standards issued jointly by the National Councils of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia or their successors;

Authority means the Marine and Safety Authority established under section 4 ;

Board means the Board of Directors of the Authority;

chairperson means the chairperson of the Board appointed under section 8(1)(a) ;

chief executive officer means the chief executive officer of the Authority appointed under section 16 ;

coastal waters means any part of the territorial sea of Australia adjacent to the State within 3 nautical miles of the baseline by reference to which the territorial limits of Australia are defined for the purposes of international law;

commencement day means the day proclaimed under section 2 ;

corporation means a corporation as defined in the Corporations Law;

director means a person referred to in section 8(1) or 9(1) ;

employee means a person referred to in section 19 who is not a contractor or a consultant;

financial statements means the financial statements prepared under section 25 ;

former Act means the Marine Act 1976 ;

former Authority means the Navigation and Survey Authority of Tasmania constituted under the former Act;

former board means a board within the meaning of the former Act;

marine facility means any facility, structure or equipment used in relation to the navigation and operation of vessels;

master means a person, other than a pilot, who has command or charge of a vessel;

owner includes a person who –

(a) has the right or obligation to exercise and perform the powers and duties of an owner; and

(b) is the owner jointly with any other person; and

(c) is the manager or secretary of any body corporate or company;

port operator means –

(a) a company formed under the Port Companies Act 1997 ; or

(b) a person who operates a port or marine facility;

trading vessel means a vessel, other than a fishing vessel, that is used or is intended to be used –

(a) in connection with any business or commercial activity; or

(b) wholly or principally for –

(i) the carriage of passengers or cargo for hire or reward; or

(ii) the provision of services to ships or shipping, whether for reward or otherwise;

transfer day means the day on which a transfer under section 31 takes effect;

vessel means –

(a) a ship, boat or other vessel used or capable of being used in navigation; and

(b) a dinghy, lighter, barge, punt, raft, houseboat or pontoon; and

(c) a trading vessel; and

(d) a seaplane; and

(e) an air cushion vehicle or similar type of craft; and

(f) any other prescribed craft;

wharf includes –

(a) any landing place, marshalling yard, pier, jetty or dock used for the landing or shipping of cargo; and

(b) any approaches to, and spaces under, a wharf; and

(c) any shed or other structure on a wharf.