Section 112: Interpretation of Sub-Part II

112. Interpretation of Sub-Part II (1) In this Sub-Part— “alteration” includes deterioration; “1966 Convention” means the International Convention on Load Lines 1966; “Convention State” means a State that is party to the 1966 Convention or a territory of such State to which the Convention has been extended; “load line” means a mark on a ship indicating the maximum depth to which a ship may be loaded; “post-1966 Convention ship” means a ship whose keel is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction, on or after the material date and “pre-1966 Convention ship” means a ship which is not a post-1966 Convention ship; “valid Convention Certificate” means a certificate which— (a) has been issued under subsection (2) and is for the time being in force; or (b) having been issued as mentioned in subsection (2), is produced in circumstances in which it is required by the Load Line Regulations to be recognised for the purposes of this Sub-Part. (2) For the purposes of the definitions of “pre-1966” and “post-1966 Convention ship”, the material date— (a) in relation to a ship which is registered in or flies the flag of a Convention State other than Mauritius, is the date from which the 1966 Convention is declared to be effective in respect of that State or its territory to which the Convention extends; and (b) in relation to any other ship, is 21 July 1968. (3) In this Sub-Part, subject to subsection (4), “international voyage” means a voyage between— (a) a port and a foreign port; or (b) a port in a Convention State other than Mauritius and a port in any other country or territory (whether or not a Convention State) outside Mauritius. [Issue 2] M62 – 56 Revised Laws of Mauritius (4) In determining, for the purposes of subsection (3), what are the ports between which a voyage is, no account shall be taken of any deviation by a ship from its intended voyage made solely because of stress of weather or any other circumstances which neither the master, owner nor charterer, if any, of the ship could have prevented or forestalled.