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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms are used:

(a) “Meeting”: where two vessels are proceeding on courses directly or almost directly opposite;

(b) “Overtaking”: where a vessel (the overtaking vessel) comes up to another vessel (the vessel being overtaken) from a direction more than 22.5° abaft the latter vessel’s beam and overtakes it;

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2. Unless otherwise indicated, for the purpose of this chapter, the rules applicable to vessels also apply to convoys.