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(2) Any licences granted under this Order may be either general or special, may be subject to or without conditions, may be limited so as to expire on a specified date unless renewed and may be varied or revoked by the authority that granted them.

Interpretation.

17. (1) In this Order the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say- "commander". in relation to an aircraft, means the person desig-

nated as commander of the aircraft by the operator thereof, and includes any person who is for the time being in charge or command of the aircraft:

"Governor" means the Governor or other officer administering

the government of the Territory:

Provided that in the case of Brunei it means Her Majesty's High Commissioner for Bruoci, in the case of Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States it means Her Majesty's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, in the case of Swaziland it means Her Majesty's Commissioner for Swaziland, and in the case of the New Hebrides it means Her Majesty's High Commissioner for Western Pacific;

"land transpor vehicle" includes a barge;

"master", in relation to a ship, includes any person (other than a

pilot) for the time being in charge of the ship;

“operator", in relation to an aircraft or to a land transport vehicle. means the person for the time being having the management of the aircraft or the vehicle;

"owner", in relation to a ship, includes any person for the time being having the management of the ship and any person to whom it is chartered; and

"person in Southern Rhodesia" includes any body constituted or incorporated under the law of Southern Rhodesia and any body carrying on business (whether within Southern Rhodesia or not) which is controlled by persons or bodies resident lo Southern Rhodesia or constituted or incorporated as afore- said.

(2) In this Order any reference to the holder of an office by a term designating or describing his office shall be construed as including, to the extent of his authority, a reference to any person for the time being authorized to perform the functions of that office.

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(3) Any provision of this Order which relates to goods ex- ported from Southern Rhodesia (or to the exportation of goods from Southern Rhodesia) shall not have effect in respect of goods exported (or the exportation of goods) which have only passed through Southern Rhodesia in transit and have not been the subject of any transaction there other than a transaction relating solely to their transportation; and any provision of this Order which relates to the exportation of goods to Southern Rhodesia, the supply or delivery of goods to or to the order of any person in Southern Rhodesia or the importation of goods into Southern Rhodesia shall not have effect in relation to goods which are intended only to pass through Southern Rhodesia in transit and not to be the subject of any transaction there other than a transac- tion relating solely to their transportation.

(4) For the purposes of this Order, the entry into Southern Rhodesia of a vehicle shall not be regarded as constituting the supply or delivery of that vehicle to or to the order of any per- son in Southern Rhodesia or as constituting its importation into Southern Rhodesia if the entry is merely for the purpose of the vehicle transporting persons into, out of or across Southern Rhodesia or transporting goods across Southern Rhodesia and is not part of or associated with a transaction involving a transfer of the ownership of the vehicle or of any interest therein.

(3) This Order applies to or in relation to any ship or air- craft or any body corporate that purports to be registered in any particular place or, as the case may be, that purports to be incor- porated or constituted under the law of that place as it applies to or in relation to any ship or aircraft that is so registered or any body corporate that is so incorporated or constituted.

(6) Any provision of this Order which prohibits the doing of a thing except under the authority of a licence granted by the Governor of the Territory shall not have effect in relation to any such thing done outside the Territory provided that it is so done under the authority of a licence granted in accordance with any law in force in the United Kingdom (being a law substantially corresponding to the relevant provision of this Order) by the au- thority competent in that behalf under that law; and any such provision as aforesaid of this Order shall also not have effect in relation to any such thing-

(a) done in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, an asso- ciated state, Tonga or any territory (other than the Territory) to which this Order extends; or