3 Interpretation

3.1 A reference to the Administration in the Code, an IMO resolution or document referred to in this Part is to be read as a reference to the Manager, Ship Inspections, and a power, function or discretion exercisable by the Administration is exercisable by the Manager, Ship Inspections.

Note Copies of IMO resolutions and circulars referred to in this Part are available from AMSA.

3.2 In this Part, a reference to the date on which a ship was constructed means the date on which not less than 50 tonnes or one per cent of the proposed total mass of the structural material of the ship, whichever is the less, has been assembled.

3.3 In this Part:

(a) headings and sub-headings are part of the Part;
(b) the Appendix is part of the Part; and
(c) a note is not part of the Part, but may provide additional information or guidance in applying the Part.