8AMeaning of owner

8A Meaning of owner (1) An owner, in relation to a ship, means any of the following: (a) a person who owns the ship; (b) a person who exercises, or purports to exercise, a power of an owner, or a person who performs, or purports to perform, a function of an owner; (c) a person who operates the ship or causes or allows the ship to be operated by someone else; (d) a person who has exclusive possession of the ship; (e) a person who has overall control and management of the ship; (f) a person who is a demise or sub-demise charterer of the ship; (g) a person who is a time charterer of the ship; (h) a person who has a beneficial interest in the ship; (i) a person who is registered as the owner of the ship. (2) Subsection (1) applies irrespective of whether the ship is mortgaged, chartered, leased or hired.