(a) The term passenger means—
(1) On an international voyage, every person other than—
- (i) The master and the members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a vessel on the business of that vessel; and
- (ii) A child under 1 year of age.
(2) On other than an international voyage, an individual carried on the vessel, except—
- (i) The owner or an individual representative of the owner or, in the case of a vessel under charter, an individual charterer or individual representative of the charterer;
- (ii) The master; or
- (iii) A member of the crew engaged in the business of the vessel who has not contributed consideration for carriage and who is paid for onboard services.
- (b) The term passenger for hire means a passenger for whom consideration is contributed as a condition of carriage on the vessel, whether directly or indirectly flowing to the owner, charterer, operator, agent, or any other person having an interest in the vessel.
[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25288, May 20, 1996]