3Interpretation

#### 3 Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > member means an officer or sailor. > naval establishment includes any naval college, naval instructional establishment, ship, vessel or boat used for services auxiliary to naval defence, and any dock, shipyard, foundry, machine shop, work, office, or establishment, used in connexion with naval defence. > officer means a person appointed as an officer of the Navy, and includes a subordinate officer. > regulations means regulations relating to the Navy, whether made under this Act or the Defence Act. > sailor means a member of the Navy not being an officer. > subordinate officer means a person who holds the rank in the Navy of Acting Sub‑Lieutenant, Midshipman or Cadet Midshipman. > the Defence Act means the Defence Act 1903. > time of defence emergency, time of war and war have the same meanings respectively as in the Defence Act.