Hovercraft Act 1968

1 U.K. In the following enactments, that is to say—

(a) the definition of “vessel” in section 2 of the M1 Dockyard Port Regulation Act 1865;

(b) the M2 Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928;

(c) the M3 Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929;

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(e) section 2(1) of the M4 Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949; and

(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

any reference to a ship shall include a reference to a hovercraft, and any reference to the master of a ship in the said Acts of 1928, 1929 . . . F3 shall be construed accordingly; and in section 10 of the said Acts of 1928 and 1929 the references to aircraft shall include references to hovercraft.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. para. 1(d) repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 82), s. 52(8), Sch. 9

F2 Para. 1(f) repealed by Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), Sch. 6

F3 Words repealed by Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), Sch. 6

Marginal Citations

M1 1865 c. 125.

M2 1928 c. 32.

M3 1929 c. 13(N.I.)

M4 1949 c. 70.