General provisions

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1. General provisions

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1.1.1. For the purposes of this code, unless otherwise noted

"dock work" means and includes all or any part of the work, or

those duties associated with the work, performed on shore or on

board ship, of loading or unloading any ship whether engaged in

maritime or inland navigation, excluding ships of war, in, on or

at any maritime or inland port, harbour, dock, wharf, quay or

similar place at which such work is carried on;

the "coefficient of utilisation" (formerly known as the "factor of

safety") is the numerical value obtained by dividing the minimum

breaking load or tension of an item of equipment by its certified

safe working load;

the "competent authority" is a minister, government department

or other authority empowered to issue regulations, orders, or

other instructions having the force of law;

a "competent person" is a person who has been approved as

qualified by training or experience to perform a task or function

or assume a responsibility in a manner that will prevent danger

as far as is practicable;

"flameproof" ("explosion-proof") denotes a method of con-

struction such that explosions occurring within a machine or

piece of electrical gear cannot be transmitted outside its

enclosure;

a "heavy lift derrick" is a ship's derrick that is specially rigged

for use from time to time in order to lift weights greater than the

safe working load of the ship's light or general purpose lift gear;

an "intermodal container" is a rigid, rectangular, re-usable cargo

container intended to contain bulk commodities or one or more

articles of cargo for shipment aboard a vessel, and capable of

utilisation for this purpose by one or more other means of

transport without intermediate reloading; the term includes

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