57.— In this Chapter—

“accepted minimum safe manning document” has the meaning assigned to it by section 60(4);

“approved ship’s security plan” means the security plan for the ship approved by the Minister under Regulation (EC) No. 725/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on enhancing ship and port security ¹;

“IMO number” means the identification number which conforms to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) ship identification number scheme adopted by the IMO under regulation 3.2 of chapter XI-I of the Safety Convention;

F5["IMO principles of safe manning" means the principles of safe manning adopted by the 27th session of the Assembly of the IMO on 30 November 2011 by Resolution A.1047(27) of the Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974;]

“minimum safe manning document” means, in relation to a ship to which this Chapter applies, a document issued by or on behalf of the Minister under section 60(1);

“passenger ship” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2(1) of the Act of 1992;

“safe manning regulations” means regulations made under F5[section 59;]

F6["sea-going" means going beyond the limits of smooth and partially smooth waters (within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Rules 2023 (S.I. No. 379 of 2023)).]