New_jersey Statute | Act | Code |Title 32 Interstate And Port Authorities And Commissions| US Code - US Statute

32:23-6. Definitions. As used in this compact: ~The Port of New York district~ shall mean the district created by Article II of the compact dated April 30, 1921, between the States of New York and New Jersey, authorized by chapter 154 of the laws of New York of 1921 and chapter 151 of the laws of New Jersey of 1921. ~Commission~ shall mean the waterfront and airport commission of New York and New Jersey established by Article III hereof. ~Pier~ shall include any wharf, pier, dock or quay. ~Other waterfront terminal~ shall include any warehouse, depot or other terminal (other than a pier) which is located within 1,000 of any pier in the Port of New York district and which is used for waterborne freight in whole or substantial part. ~Person~ shall mean not only a natural person but also any partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or any other legal entity but shall not include the United States, any state or territory thereof or any department, division, board, commission or authority of one or more of the foregoing. ~Carrier of freight by water~ shall mean any person who may be engaged or who may hold himself out as willing to be engaged, whether as a common carrier, as a contract carrier or otherwise (except for carriage of liquid cargoes in bulk in tank vessels designed for use exclusively in such service or carriage by barge of bulk cargoes consisting of only a single commodity loaded or carried without wrappers or containers and delivered by the carrier without transportation mark or count) in the carriage of freight by water between any point in the Port of New York district and a point outside said district. ~Waterborne freight~ shall mean freight carried by or consigned for carriage by carriers of freight by water. ~Longshoreman~ shall mean a natural person, other than a hiring agent, who is employed for work at a pier or other waterfront terminal, either by a carrier of freight by water or by a stevedore, (a) physically to move waterborne freight on vessels berthed at piers, on piers or at other waterfront terminals, or (b) to engage in direct and immediate checking of any such freight or of the custodial accounting therefor or in the recording or tabulation of the hours worked at piers or other waterfront terminals by natural persons employed by carriers of freight by water or stevedores, or (c) to supervise directly and immediately others who are employed as in subdivision (a) of this definition. ~Pier superintendent~ shall mean any natural person other than a longshoreman who is employed for work at a pier or other waterfront terminal by a carrier of freight by water or a stevedore and whose work at such pier or other waterfront terminal includes the supervision, directly or indirectly, of the work of longshoremen. ~Port watchman~ shall include any watchman, gateman, roundsman, detective, guard, guardian or protector of property employed by the operator of any pier or other waterfront terminal or by a carrier of freight by water to perform services in such capacity on any pier or other waterfront terminal. ~Longshoremen@s register~ shall mean the register of eligible longshoremen compiled and maintained by the commission pursuant to Article VIII. ~Stevedore~ shall mean a contractor (not including an employee) engaged for compensation pursuant to a contract or arrangement with a carrier of freight by water, in moving waterborne freight carried or consigned for carriage by such carrier on vessels of such carrier berthed at piers, on piers at which such vessels are berthed or at other waterfront terminals. ~Hiring agent~ shall mean any natural person, who on behalf of a carrier of freight by water or a stevedore shall select any longshoreman for employment. ~Compact~ shall mean this compact and rules or regulations lawfully promulgated thereunder. L.1953,c.202, Art.II; amended 1970, c.58, ss.2,19; 2005,c.313,s.1.

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