Admiralty Rules 1988
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3 Interpretation
(1) In these Rules:
Act means the Admiralty Act 1988.
amount claimed includes an amount in respect of interest and costs.
arrest warrant means a warrant for the arrest of a ship or other property.
Australian legal practitioner means a person who is admitted to the legal profession in Australia and who holds a current practising certificate.
authorised deposit‑taking institution has the meaning given by subsection 5(1) of the Banking Act 1959.
caveator, in relation to a caveat, means the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the caveat was filed.
classification certificate (hull and machinery) means a certificate of class issued by a Classification Society within the meaning of regulation II‑1/3‑1 of the Annex to the Safety Convention.
costs, in relation to a proceeding, includes:
(a) a party’s reasonable costs of the proceeding; and
(b) if relevant, any amount the party has paid, or is liable to pay, to the court or the Marshal in relation to the arrest, custody, preservation, discharge, release or sale of a ship or other property.
electronic communication means a communication of information in the form of data, text or images by means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy.
Federal Court Chief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar of the Federal Court of Australia.
foreign registration certificate means a document issued under the law of a foreign country that is equivalent to a registration certificate.
interested person, in relation to a ship or other property that is under arrest, includes an underwriter or insurer of the ship or property or of a liability in relation to the ship or property.
international load line certificate means a certificate in the form of the International Load Line Certificate set out in Annex III to the International Convention on Load Lines.
international ship security certificate has the same meaning as ISSC in section 10 of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003.
international tonnage certificate means a certificate in the form of the International Tonnage Certificate (1969) set out in Annex II to the Tonnage Convention.