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1In the following enactments, that is to say—
(a)the definition of " vessel " in section 2 of the [1865 c. 125.] Dockyard Port Regulation Act 1865;
(b)the [1928 c. 32.] Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928;
(c)the [1929 c. 13 (N.I.).] Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929;
(d)section 32(5) of the [1948 c. 56.] British Nationality Act 1948;
(e)section 2(1) of the [1949 c. 70.] Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949; and
(f)the [1962 c. 21.] Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962,
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 and 1962 and section 5 of the [1968 c. 9.] Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 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.
2In the [1875 c. 17.] Explosives Act 1875, any reference to a ship shall include a reference to a hovercraft used at sea and any reference to a boat shall include a reference to any other hovercraft used in a harbour or on inland water within the meaning of that Act, so however that in the definition of " magazine " in section 108 the reference to any ship shall include a reference to any hovercraft.
3In section 23(1) of the [1949 c. 55.] Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 and section 6 of the [1954 c. 68.] Pests Act 1954, any reference to a vessel shall include a reference to a hovercraft.
4In the following enactments, that is to say—
(a)section 19(1) of the [1962 c. 59.] Road Traffic Act 1962;
(b)section 29(1) of the [1964 c. 20 (N.I.).] Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1964;
(c)section 10(9) of the [1966 c. 18.] Finance Act 1966;
(d)section 101(1) of the [1967 c. 76.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967; and
(e)section 13(4) of the [1967 c. 83.] Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967,
for the words " vehicle designed to be supported on a cushion of air " there shall be substituted the words " hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968 ".
5In section 57(1) of the [1964 c. 40.] Harbours Act 1964, in the definition of " ship ", for the words from " hover vehicles " onwards there shall be substituted the words " hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968 ".
6In section 1(3) of the [1964 c. 64.] Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act 1964, the references to a medical store-carrying ship shall include references to a hovercraft used in such circumstances as the Secretary' of State may specify by order made by statutory instrument, and the reference to the master of such a ship shall be construed accordingly.
7In section 13(1) of the [1966 c. 34.] Industrial Development Act 1966 and section 14(1) of the [1966 c. 41 (N.I.).] Industrial Investment (General Assistance) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, in the definition of " hover vehicle ", for the words from " a vehicle " onwards there shall be substituted the words " a hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968 and includes part of such a hovercraft ".
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