The Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972

1949 c. 67.

1971 c. 75.

(1) In section 52, subsections (1), (2) and (4) shall not apply.

(2) In section 52, subsection (3) the words “when on the surface of the water” shall be omitted.

(3) In section 52, subsection (5), paragraphs (c) and (d) shall not apply.

(4) In section 55—

(i) references to the “Air Register Book of Births and Deaths” shall be deemed to be references to “the Hovercraft Register Book of Births and Deaths”, and

(ii) references to “aircraft registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland” shall be deemed to include references (as well as to hovercraft registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland) to hovercraft not so registered which carry passengers to or from any port in the United Kingdom.

(iii) References to the Civil Aviation Authority substituted for “the Minister” by the Civil Aviation Act 1971 shall in relation to hovercraft be deemed to be references to the Secretary of State, and references to the Authority substituted as aforesaid for references to his Department shall be deemed to be references to the Department of Trade and Industry.

In section 87—

(i) In sub-section (1), for “the examination station approved for the airport under section 16 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952” there shall be substituted “the approved wharf approved for the hoverport under section 14 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952 as applied by section 10 of the Finance Act 1966”.

(ii) In sub-section (2) “The Secretary of State” shall be substituted for the words from “This section” (where they first appear) to “Aviation”; and the words “and any order under the said Act of 1956”, shall be omitted.

(iii) In sub-section (3), for “Minister” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”.

(iv) In sub-section (3), for “examination station” there shall be substituted “approved wharf”.

(1) For references to “flight” where they occur shall be substituted references to “journey”; and for references to “commander” wherever they occur there shall be substituted references to “captain”.

(2) In section 1(2) the words in brackets shall be omitted;

(3) In section 1(3) from “and section 62(1)” to the end shall be omitted;

(4) In section 2 for “registered in a Convention country” there shall be substituted “registered in any country other than the United Kingdom”;

(5) In section 3(5)(b)(ii) and 3(6)(b) “which is a Convention country” shall be omitted;

(6) Section 4 shall not apply;

(7) Section 5 shall not apply;

(8) In section 6(1)(a) for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) there shall be substituted “an Order in Council made under the Hovercraft Act 1968”.

(9) In section 6(1)(a) “or the Air Transport Licensing Board” shall be omitted.

(10) Section 6(1)(b) and 6(2) shall not apply;

(11) In section 7(1) the definitions of “commander” “Convention country”, “pilot in command”, and “Tokyo Convention” shall not apply.

(12) In section 7(2)(a), for from “taking off” to the end there shall be substituted “moving off on a journey until the moment when the hovercraft comes to a halt at the end of that journey; and”

(13) Section 7(4) and (5)(b) shall not apply;

(14) Sections 8 and 9 and the Schedule shall not apply.