“animal” means any animate thing of every kind except human beings;

“Authority” means the Port of Singapore Authority established under section 4;

“Authority pilot” means a pilot employed by the Authority pursuant to section 86;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority for the time being and includes any Deputy Chairman appointed by the Minister under the provisions of this Act;

“container” means a receptacle 6.1 metres or more in length equipped with corner castings to facilitate handling by mechanical equipment;

“dangerous cargoes” has the same meaning as in the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996;

“dock” means an artificial excavation or construction in which vessels can be placed for loading, unloading, fitting out or repairing and includes gridirons, slips, keel blocks, inclined planes and all machinery, works, fixtures and things whatsoever attached or pertaining thereto;

“Executive Director” means the Executive Director appointed under section 29 and includes any person for the time being performing the functions of the Executive Director;

“functions” includes powers and duties;

“goods” includes animals, carcases, baggage, containers and any other movable property of any kind whatsoever;

“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any vessel;

“owner”, when used in relation to goods, includes any consignor, consignee, shipper or agent of the owner for the sale, custody, loading, handling, discharge or delivery of such goods; and, when used in relation to any vessel, includes any part-owner, charterer, operator, consignee or mortgagee in possession thereof or any duly authorised agent of any such person;

“passenger” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act [Cap. 179];

“pilot” means any person not belonging to a vessel who has the conduct thereof;

“port” has the same meaning as in the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996;

“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;

“private wharf or dock” means any wharf or dock not owned or operated by the Authority;

“rates” means any rates or charges leviable by the Authority under this Act and includes any toll or rent, but does not include dues;

“Singapore Harbour Board” means the Singapore Harbour Board constituted under the Ports Ordinance repealed by this Act;

“train” includes locomotive, engine, tender, wagon, trolley and rolling stock of all kinds used, whether separately or in conjunction, on a railway;

“vehicle” means any vehicle other than a train or vessel;

“vessel” includes any ship or boat or air-cushioned vehicle or floating rig or platform used in any form of operations at sea or any other description of vessel;

“wharf” includes a quay, pier, jetty, ramp or other landing place.