Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 249

249. For the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act - "international voyage" means a voyage from a port in one country to a port in another country, either of those countries being a country to which the Safety Convention applies; and "short international voyage" means an international voyage - (a) in the course of which a ship is not more than two M E R C H A N T S H I P P I N G [CAP. 234. 121 hundred nautical miles from a port or place in which the passengers and crew coul d be placed in safety, and (b) which does not exceed six hundred nautical miles in length between the last port of call in one country in which the voyage begins and the final port of destination; so however that for the purpose of the definitions contained in this article - (i) no account shall be taken of any deviation by a ship from her intended voyage due solely to stress of weather or any other circumstance that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) of the ship could have prevented or forestalled; and (ii) every colony, overseas t erritory, protectorate or other territory for whose international relations a government that has accepted the Safety Convention is responsible, or for which the United Nations are the administering authority, shall be deemed to be a separate country. 2. LOAD LINE AND LOADING General Provisions Application of following provisions of this Part of Act.