Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive: - 'persons` shall mean all people on board irrespective of age, - 'passenger ship` shall mean a sea-going ship or a sea-going high-speed craft which carries more than twelve passengers, - 'high-speed craft` shall mean a high-speed craft as defined in Regulation 1 of Chapter X of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as in force at the time of the adoption of this Directive, - 'company` shall mean the owner of a passenger ship or any other organisation or person such as the manager or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed responsibility for operating the passenger ship from the owner, - 'ISM Code` shall mean the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) through Assembly Resolution A.741(18) of 4 November 1993, - 'passenger registrar` shall mean the responsible shore-based person designated by a company to fulfil the ISM Code obligations or a shore-based person designated by a company as responsible for the keeping of information on persons who have embarked on a company passenger ship, - 'designated authority` shall mean the competent authority of the Member State responsible for search and rescue or concerned with the aftermath of an accident, - 'a mile` is 1 852 metres, - 'protected sea area` shall mean a sea area sheltered from open sea effects where a ship is at no time more than six miles from a place of refuge where shipwrecked persons can land and in which the proximity of search and rescue facilities is ensured, - 'regular service` shall mean a series of ship crossings operated so as to serve traffic between the same two or more ports, either: (a) according to a published timetable, or (b) with crossings so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognizable systematic series, - 'third country` shall mean any country which is not a Member State.