The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
"Act" means the statute governing pilotage at
12:8-1 et seq.
"Apprentice" means a person who is listed as a qualified
apprentice with the Commission pursuant to section 34 of P.L. 2004. c. 72
(12:8-50 ) or who is on the
Commissions books as an apprentice pursuant to
12:8-10,
12:8-11, or
12:8-12.
"Bar of Sandy Hook" means the built-up area under the waters
between the northern most point of Sandy Hook extending generally northeastward
to the south shore of Long Island caused by a deposit of sediment. The location
of the Bar is not static.
"Commission" means the New Jersey Maritime Pilot and Docking
Pilot Commission established by
12:8-1 et seq.
"Commission President" means the President of the New Jersey
Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission.
"Commissioners" means the Commissioners of the New Jersey
Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission appointed by the Governor pursuant
to 12:8-1 et seq.
"Deputy pilot" means a maritime pilot of the second, third,
fourth, fifth, and sixth grade.
"Docking pilot" means a person licensed by the Commission and
entered in the Register maintained pursuant to
12:8-52.
"Full branch pilot" means a maritime pilot of the first
grade.
"Independent Pilot Association" means any association of
pilots or docking pilots, other than the United New York and New Jersey Sandy
Hook Pilots' Benevolent Associations, whose members are qualified to pilot
vessels in pilotage waters.
"Limited branch pilot" means a maritime pilot of the second
grade.
"Maritime pilot" means a person licensed by the Commission
pursuant to
12:8-15.
"Occurrence" means any possible collision, allision,
grounding, stranding, touching of bottom, power loss, steering loss, damage to
or loss of property, death, personal injury, or discharge of oil or a hazardous
substance into the water.
"Order" means an order issued by the Commission in accordance
with 16:64-10.3.
"Physician" means either a person who is the holder of a M.D.
degree and is licensed as a physician or is the holder of a D.O. degree and is
licensed as an osteopath.
"Pilot" means a maritime pilot or a docking pilot as defined
in 12:8-1.2.
"Pilots' Association" or "Association" means the United New
Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots' Benevolent Association or the United New Jersey Sandy
Hook Pilots' Association.
"Regulated vessel" means all vessels required by the laws of
the State of New Jersey to take a licensed pilot.
"Rules of the Road" means the International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, (72COLREGS) 33 U.S.C. foll. § 1602
and/or the Unified Inland Rules, 33 U.S.C. §§ 2001-71.
"Sandy Hook pilot" means a person licensed in accordance with
New Jersey or New York state law to pilot regulated vessels and is a member of
the Pilots' Association as defined in
12:8-1.2.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the New Jersey Maritime
Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission.
"Ship docking company" means an enterprise which is regularly
engaged in the business of providing docking and undocking services to
regulated vessels in pilotage waters utilizing tugboats and docking
pilots.
"United States vessels sailing under register" means all U.S.
vessels that are engaged in trade with foreign lands.
