(a) For the purposes of these regulations, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions contained in the Waterfront Commission Act shall be used. Waterfront Commission Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) shall mean chapter 882 of New York Laws of 1953 and chapter 202 of New Jersey Laws of 1953, both as amended and supplemented, and shall include the Waterfront Commission Compact (part I of the Act) as consented to by chapter 407 of Public Law 252 of the 83rd Congress (August 12, 1953), and all concurrent legislation enacted by the States of New York and New Jersey pursuant to or in furtherance of the Act.

(b) All references to the masculine gender in these regulations shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.