N.J. Admin. Code § 16:64-1.3
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 N.J.S.A. 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 (N.J.S.A. 12:8-50) or who is on the Commissions books as an apprentice pursuant to N.J.S.A. 12:8-10, 12:8-11, or N.J.S.A. 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 N.J.S.A. 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 N.J.S.A. 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 N.J.S.A. 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 N.J.S.A. 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 N.J.A.C. 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 N.J.S.A. 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 N.J.S.A. 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.
N.J. Admin. Code § 16:64-1.3