Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“certificate of competency” means a certificate of competency in radio-communications issued under regulation 3;
“Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union” means the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union signed at Geneva in 1992 and includes every revision or modification thereof to which the Government is a party;
“International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea” means the International Convention signed at London on 1st November 1974, and includes the Regulations annexed thereto, or a subsequent International Convention relating to the safety of life at sea to which the Government is a party and every regulation which may be annexed thereto;
“radio operator” means a person holding an appropriate certificate issued under regulation 3 or an appropriate certificate recognised under regulation 12;
“Radio Regulations” means the Radio Regulations annexed to the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union and includes every revision or modification thereof to which the Government has ratified or accepted;
“ship” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179) and includes an oil rig;
“ship station” means a station located on board a ship which is not permanently moored;
“station” means a transmitter or receiver or a combination of transmitter and receiver or any accessory thereto which is used or intended to be used for radio-communication;
“STCW Code” means the Seafarer’s Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code adopted by the 1995 Conference of Practice to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978 and any amendment thereto which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government;
“STCW Convention” means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978, as amended on 7th July 1995, and any later amendment which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government.