Introductory Section 1: Services to which this Act applies
Section 1 sets out the scope of the Act. The Act applies to a service for the carriage of persons or goods by ship, with or without vehicles, between a place outside the United Kingdom and a place in the United Kingdom. The Act does not apply to a service that is for the purpose of leisure or recreation or to a service provided by a fishing vessel. Section 1(3) provides a power to make regulations for the purpose of determining what is or is not a service. Section 1(4) defines "ship" for the purposes of the Act as including any kind of vessel used in navigation and hovercraft.