Explosives Act 1875
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108 General definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— The expression “this Act” includes any license, ... and order granted or made in pursuance of this Act: ... The expression “person” includes a body corporate: The expression “occupier” includes any number of persons and a body corporate; and in the case of any manufacture or trade, includes any person carrying on such manufacture or trade: The expression “master” includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of a ship, and in reference to any boat belonging to a ship, means the master of the ship; and when used in reference to any other boat, includes every person having command or charge of such boat: The expression “magazine” includes any ship or other vessel used for the purpose of keeping any explosive: ... The expression “store” means ...a place for keeping an explosive ...: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The expression “warehouseman” includes all persons owning or managing any warehouse, store, wharf, or other premises in which goods are deposited: The expression “carrier” includes all persons carrying goods or passengers for hire by land or water: ... ... The expression “tidal water” means any part of the sea or of a river within the ebb and flow of the tides at ordinary spring tides: The expression “inland water” means any canal, river, navigation, lake, or water which is not tidal water: ... The expression “wharf” includes any quay, landing–place, siding, or other place at which goods are landed, loaded, or unloaded: The expression “carriage” includes any carriage, waggon, cart, truck, vehicle, or other means of conveying goods or passengers by land, in whatever manner the same may be propelled: The expression “ship” includes every description of vessel used in sea navigation, whether propelled by oars or otherwise: The expression “boat” means every vessel not a ship as above defined which is used in navigation in any inland water or any harbour, whether propelled by oars or otherwise: The expression “prescribed” means prescribed by Order in Council: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The expression “road”has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.
108 General definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— The expression “this Act” includes any license, ... and order granted or made in pursuance of this Act: ... The expression “person” includes a body corporate: The expression “occupier” includes any number of persons and a body corporate; and in the case of any manufacture or trade, includes any person carrying on such manufacture or trade: The expression “master” includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of a ship, and in reference to any boat belonging to a ship, means the master of the ship; and when used in reference to any other boat, includes every person having command or charge of such boat: The expression “magazine” includes any ship or other vessel used for the purpose of keeping any explosive: ... The expression “store” means ...a place for keeping an explosive ...: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The expression “warehouseman” includes all persons owning or managing any warehouse, store, wharf, or other premises in which goods are deposited: The expression “carrier” includes all persons carrying goods or passengers for hire by land or water: ... ... The expression “tidal water” means any part of the sea or of a river within the ebb and flow of the tides at ordinary spring tides: The expression “inland water” means any canal, river, navigation, lake, or water which is not tidal water: ... The expression “wharf” includes any quay, landing–place, siding, or other place at which goods are landed, loaded, or unloaded: The expression “carriage” includes any carriage, waggon, cart, truck, vehicle, or other means of conveying goods or passengers by land, in whatever manner the same may be propelled: The expression “ship” includes every description of vessel used in sea navigation, whether propelled by oars or otherwise: The expression “boat” means every vessel not a ship as above defined which is used in navigation in any inland water or any harbour, whether propelled by oars or otherwise: The expression “prescribed” means prescribed by Order in Council: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The expression “road”has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.
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