SCHEDULE 1APPLICATION TO HOVERCRAFT OF CERTAIN ENACTMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO VESSELS

Article 4

PART AEnactments applied, and modifications

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Column 2

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Enactments applied

References

Modifications in relation to hovercraft or activities or places connected therewith (if any)

The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, sections 28, 52 and 53, and as incorporated in any local or special Act whenever passed

1847 c. 27.

The General Pier and Harbour Act 1861

1861 c. 45.

The General Pier and Harbour Act 1861 Amendment Act 1862

1862 c. 19.

The Naval Agency and Distribution Act 1864, section 3

1864 c. 24.

The Naval Prize Act 1864

1864 c. 25.

The Public Stores Act 1875

1875 c. 25.

The Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act 1878

1878 c. 73.

The Merchant Shipping Act 1894, sections 418, 419, 421, 422 and 446 to 450

1894 c. 60.

The Congested Districts (Scotland) Act 1897

1897 c. 53.

The Marine Insurance Act 1906

1906 c. 41.

The Official Secrets Acts 1911 and 1920

1911 c. 28.

1920 c. 75.

The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Acts 1923 to 1965

1923 c. 16.

1935 c. 43.

1965 c. 68.

The Land Drainage Act 1930

1930 c. 44.

The Improvement of Livestock (Licensing of Bulls) Act 1931, (as amended and extended)5

1931 c. 43.

The Manchester Ship Canal Act 1936

1936 c. cxxiv.

The Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937

1937 c. 28.

The Crown Proceedings Act 1947, sections 10 and 29

1947 c. 44.

The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949, sections 21 to 23

1949 c. 43.

In section 23(3), the words “and the ship shall be deemed for the purposes of Part V of the principal Act to be unsafe by reason of improper loading” shall not apply.

The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (as modified by the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967)

1949 c. 54.

1967 c. 72.

The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949

1949 c. 55.

The Diseases of Animals Act 1950

1950 c. 36.

The Visiting Forces Act 1952

1952 c. 67.

The Pests Act 1954

1954 c. 68.

The Army Act 1955, sections 25(3)(a) and (b), 60(2)(a) and (b), 148(2) and 198(8)(c)

1955 c. 18.

The Air Force Act 1955, sections 25(3)(a) and (b), 60(2)(a) and (b) and 148(2)

1955 c. 19.

The Naval Discipline Act 1957

1957 c. 53.

The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957

1957 c. 58.

The Horse Breeding Act 1958, as extended by section 16(4) of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1963

1958 c. 43.

1963 c. 11.

The Highlands and Islands Shipping Services Act 1960

1960 c. 31.

The Public Health Act 1961, section 76

1961 c. 64.

The Water Resources Act 1963

1963 c. 38.

The Wills Act 1963

1963 c. 44.

The Fishery Limits Act 1964

1964 c. 72.

The National Insurance Act 1965, section 100

1965 c. 51.

The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965, section 75, Schedule 1, Part I, paragraphs 2 to 5; and Schedule 1, Part II, paragraphs 2 and 3

1965 c. 52.

(1) For paragraph 2(2)(b) and (c) of Schedule 1, Part I there shall be substituted:—

b

to all hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom, not being hovercraft whose owner (or managing owner if there is more than one owner) or manager resides or has his principal place of business in Northern Ireland; or whose owner (or managing owner if there is more than one owner) has no place of business in the United Kingdom.

(2) In paragraph 2(3) of the said Schedule 1, Part I, the words “ship's husband or other” shall be omitted.

The Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966

1966 c. 38.

The Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967

1967 c. 41.

The Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967

1967 c. 84.

The Firearms Act 1968

1968 c. 27.

The Sea Fish Industry Act 1970

1970 c. 11.

The Destructive Imported Animals Act (N.I.) 1933

23 Geo 5 c. 5. (N.I.)

The Foyle Fisheries Acts (N.I.) 1952 and 1962

1952 c. 5 (N.I.)

1962 c. 5 (N.I.)

The Exported Animals (Compensation) Act (N.I.) 1952

1952 c. 24 (N.I.)

The Diseases of Animals Act (N.I.) 1958

1958 c. 13 (N.I.)

The Marketing of Potatoes Act (N.I.) 1964

1964 c. 8 (N.I.)

The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (N.I.) 1965

1965 c. 3 (N.I.)

The Seeds Act (N.I.) 1965

1965 c. 22 (N.I.)

The National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, section 95

1966 c. 6 (N.I.)

The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, section 71, Schedule 1, Part I, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4; and Schedule 1, Part II, paragraphs 2 and 3

1966 c. 9 (N.I.)

(1) For paragraph 2(2) of Part I of Schedule 1, there shall be substituted:—

This paragraph applies, with such exceptions as may be prescribed, to all hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom, not being hovercraft whose owner (or managing owner if there is more than one owner), or manager resides or has his principal place of business in Great Britain, or whose owner (or managing owner if there is more than one owner) has no place of business in the United Kingdom

(2) In paragraph 2(3) of the said Schedule 1, Part I, the words “ship's husband or other” shall be omitted.

The Horticulture Act (N.I.) 1966

1966 c. 15 (N.I.)

The Fisheries Acts (N.I.) 1966 & 1968

1966 c. 17 (N.I.)

1968 c. 31 (N.I.)

The Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act (N.I.) 1966

1966 c. 23 (N.I.)

PART BInstruments applied, and modifications

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Instruments applied

References

Modifications in relation to hovercraft or activities or places connected therewith (if any)

The Conveyance of Live Poultry Order of 1919 as amended6

S.R. & O. 1919/933 (Rev. XVIII, p. 434: Noted 1919, p. 966).

The Transit of Animals Order of 1927 as amended7

S.R. & O. 1927/289 (Rev.II, p. 259: 1927, p. 57)

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order of 1928 as amended8

S.R. & O. 1928/133 (Rev.II, p. 499: 1928, p. 94).

The Pleuro-Pneumonia Order of 1928

S.R. & O. 1928/205 (Rev.II, p. 567; 1928, p. 118).

The Cattle Plague Order of 1928

S.R. & O. 1928/206 (Rev.II, p. 472; 1928, p. 78).

The Importation of Dogs and Cats Order of 1928 as amended9

S.R. & O. 1928/922 (Rev.II, p. 399; 1928, p. 177).

The Animals (Importation) Order of 1930 as amended10

S.R. & O. 1930/922 (Rev.II, p. 331; 1930, p. 52).

The Animals (Sea Transport) Order of 1930 as amended11

S.R. & O. 1930/923 (Rev.II, p. 284; 1930, p. 78).

The Importation of Meat, &c. (Wrapping Materials) Order of 1932 as amended12

S.R. & O. 1932/317 (Rev.II, p. 409; 1932, p. 107).

The Fowl Pest Order of 1936 as amended13

S.R. & O. 1936/1297 (Rev. XVIII, p. 442; 1936 II, p. 2086).

The Epizootic Lymphangitis Order of 1938

S.R. & O. 1938/193 (Rev.II, p. 490; 1938 I, p. 141).

The Sheep Scab Order of 1938 as amended14

S.R. & O. 1938/196 (Rev.II, p. 602; 1938 I, p. 234).

The Anthrax Order of 1938

S.R. & O. 1938/204 (Rev.II, p. 457; 1938 I, p. 124).

The Parasitic Mange Order of 1938

S.R. & O 1938/227 (Rev.II, p. 556; 1938 I, p. 191).

The Glanders or Farcy Order of 1938

S.R. & O 1938/228 (Rev.II, p. 545; 1938 I, p. 178).

The Sheep-Pox Order of 1938

S.R. & O 1938/229 (Rev.II, p. 588; 1938 I, p. 216).

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Infected Areas Restrictions) Order of 1938 as amended15

S.R. & O 1938/1434 (Rev.II, p. 528; 1938 I, p. 155).

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Controlled Areas Restrictions) Order of 1938 as amended16

S.R. & O 1938/1435 (Rev.II, p. 520; 1938 I, p. 169).

The Poultry and Hatching Eggs (Importation) Order of 1947 as amended17

S.R. & O. 1947/1426 (Rev. XVIII, p. 450; 1947 I, p. 1841).

The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Mariners Regulations 1948, as amended18, regulations 1, 3, 7(1), 8, 10, 12, 13 and 14

S.R. & O. 1948/1471 (Rev.XVI, p. 432; 1948 I, p. 2990).

(1) In regulation 1(2) the definition of “home-trade ship” and the words “and, subject as aforesaid, expressions to which meanings are assigned in the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1938 have the same meanings as in those Acts” shall not apply; and in the definition of “mariner” for the words from “under the Act” to “thereto”, there shall be substituted the words “under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 by virtue of the provisions of paragraphs 2 (as modified by Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972) and 3-5 of Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act”.

(2) In regulation 3, the words “Subject to the provisions of the two next following regulations” shall be omitted; for the words “or of any regulations for the time being in force as to the payment of contributions under the National Insurance Act in respect of share fishermen” there shall be substituted the words “as applied by Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972” and after the words “by virtue of these regulations”, there shall be inserted the words “as applied by Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972”.

(3) In regulation 8, for the words “to which paragraph 2 of Part I of the First Schedule to the Act applies, or by virtue of employment as a pilot within paragraph 3 thereof”, there shall be substituted the words “to which paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 as modified by Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972 applies”; for the words “at a port other than a proper return port”, there shall be substituted the words “outside Great Britain”; for the words “to such a port”, there shall be substituted the words “to Great Britain”; and paragraph (d) shall not apply.

(4) In regulation 10, for the words “to which paragraph 2 of Part I of the First Schedule to the Act applies or as a pilot within paragraph 3 thereof”, there shall be substituted the words “to which paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 as modified by Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972 applies”.

(5) In regulation 13, the words “or by a superintendent” shall be omitted.

The Prevention of Damage by Pests (Application to Shipping) Order 1951 as amended19

S.I. 1951/967 (1951 II, p. 197).

The Poultry Pens, Fittings and Receptacles (Disinfection) Order 1952 as amended20

S.I. 1952/437 (1952 III, p. 2628).

The Horses (Sea Transport) Order 1952 as amended21

S.I. 1952/1291 (1952 I, p. 146).

The Horses (Landing from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) Order 1954

S.I. 1954/698 (1954 I, p. 133).

The Importation of Carcases and Animal Products Order 1954, as amended22

S.I. 1954/853 (1954 I, p. 136).

The Poultry Carcases (Landing) Order 1955 as amended23

S.I. 1955/147 (1955 II, p. 2052).

The Animals (Landing from Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland) Order 1955 as amended24

S.I. 1955/1310 (1955 I, p. 190).

The Importation of Animal Semen Order 1955 as amended25

S.I. 1955/1390 (1955 I, p. 207).

The Poultry Premises and Vehicles (Disinfection) Order 1956

S.I. 1956/11 (1956 II, p. 1895).

The Prevention of Damage by Pests (Application to Shipping) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1956

S.I. 1956/420 (1956 II, p. 1754).

The Fowl Pest (Infected Areas Restrictions) Order 1956 as amended26

S.I. 1956/1611 (1956 II, p. 1883).

The Swine Fever (Infected Areas Restrictions) Order 1956 as amended27

S.I. 1956/1750 (1956 I, p. 180).

The Diseases of Animals (Waste Foods) Order 1957

S.I. 1957/628 (1957 I, p. 148).

The Service Departments Registers Order 1959 as amended28

S.I. 1959/406 (1959 II, p. 2303).

The Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960 as amended29

S.I. 1960/105 (1960 I, p. 302).

The Landing of Unbarked Coniferous Timber Order 1961

S.I. 1961/656 (1961 I, p. 1395).

The Importation of Hay, Straw and Dried Grass Order 1961

S.I. 1961/946 (1961 II, p. 1841).

The Swine Fever Order 1963

S.I. 1963/286 (1963 I, p. 239).

The Exported Animals Protection Order 1964

S.I. 1964/704 (1964 II, p. 1352).

The Collision Regulations (Ships and Seaplanes on the Water) and Signals of Distress (Ships) Order 1965

S.I. 1965/1525(1965 II, p. 4411).

(1) For Article 3 there shall be substituted “the Collision Regulations shall apply to all United Kingdom registered hovercraft and to all other hovercraft within United Kingdom territorial waters”.

(2) For Article 4(2) there shall be substituted “The provisions of the said section 21 shall apply to all United Kingdom hovercraft, and to all other hovercraft within United Kingdom territorial waters”.

(3) In Rule 1(a) the words “or hovercraft” shall be added after “seaplanes” in the second sentence.

(4) There shall be added to Schedule 1, Part B as Rule 7A the following Rule—

a

“In addition to the lights prescribed in Rule 2 and Rule 7 for a power driven vessel under way a hovercraft when under way and supported (wholly or partly) on its cushion of air shall carry where it can best be seen an amber flashing light flashing 60 times per minute and of such a character as to be visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least 5 miles.

b

A hovercraft when complying with the carriage of lights prescribed in Rule 4(a), Rule 4(c) and Rule 5(a) and (c) shall not carry an amber flashing light prescribed above.

(5) There shall be added as paragraph (3) to the Preliminary to Part C—Sound Signals and Conduct in Restricted Visibility the following:—

3

It should be noted that because of the noise of operation of some types of hovercraft, sound signals may not be heard from them and they may not be able to hear sound signals made by other vessels

(6) There shall be added as paragraph (5) of the Preliminary to Part D—Steering and Sailing Rules, the following:—

5

In complying with the Steering and Sailing Rules it should be borne in mind that hovercraft operate at high speed and that under certain circumstances the aspect presented by the hovercraft to other vessels is not always a true indication of its direction of travel.

The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Rules 1965 as amended30

S.I. 1965/1067 (1965 II, p. 2681).

(1) For “passenger steamer” wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “hovercraft carrying more than 12 passengers”, and

(2) The definition of “passenger steamer” and “steamer” shall not apply.

The Hares (Control of Importation) Order 1965

S.I. 1965/2040 (1965 III, p. 6030).

The Export of Horses (Veterinary Examination) Order 1966

S.I. 1966/507 (1966, I p. 1071).

The National Insurance (Mariners) Regulations 1967 as amended31 Regulations 1, 2, 10, 14 and 24

S.I. 1967/386(1967 I, p. 1294).

(1) In regulation 1(2), the definitions of “share fisherman”, “home-trade ship”, “home-trade port”, “foreign-going ship”, “passenger” and “passenger ship” and the words “and, subject as aforesaid, expressions to which meanings are assigned in the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1965 have the same meanings as in those Acts” shall not apply; in the definition of “mariner” the words “and includes a share fisherman” shall be omitted; in the definition of “manager” the words “ship's husband or other” shall be omitted; and the definition of “British ship” shall have effect subject to the modifications of paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965, effected by this Schedule.

(2) In regulation 2, the proviso to paragraph (1) thereof, and paragraphs (2), (5) and (6) thereof, shall not apply.

(3) In regulation 10, in paragraph (b), the words “superintendent or” shall be omitted; and in provisos (b) and (c) for the words “a proper return port” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Great Britain”.

(4) In regulation 14, paragraph (3) shall not apply.

The Equine Animals (Importation) Order 1969 as amended32

S.I. 1969/915 (1969 II, p. 2791).

The Exotic Animals (Importation) Order 1969

S.I. 1969/1737 (1969 III, p. 5450).

The Export of Horses (Excepted Cases) Order 1969

S.I. 1969/1742 (1969 III, p. 5470).

The Export of Horses (Protection) Order 1969

S.I. 1969/1784 (1969 III, p. 5582).

The Cattle Plague (Ireland) Order of 1900

S.R. & O. 1901/7

The Pleuro-Pneumonia (Ireland) Order of 1900

S.R. & O. 1901/8

The Sheep Pox (Ireland) Order of 1900

S.R. & O. 1901/10

The Glanders or Farcy (Ireland) Order of 1900 as amended33

S.R. & O. 1901/15

The Importation of Animals (Ireland) Order 1900

S.R. & O. 1901/17

The Foreign Animals (Ireland) Order of 1901

S.R. & O. 1901/959

The Importation of Horses, Asses and Mules (Ireland) Order 1907 as amended34

S.R. & O. 1907/59

The Animals (Transit & General) (Ireland) Order of 1913 as amended35

S.R. & O. 1913/604

The Portal Inspection (Ireland) Order of 1914 as amended36

S.R. & O. 1914/1564

The Parasitic Mange (Ireland) Order of 1919 as amended37

S.R. & O. 1919/737

The Conveyance of Live Poultry (Ireland) Order of 1919 as amended38

S.R. & O. 1919/1066

The Animals Quarantine Order (N.I.) 1923

S.R. & O. 1923/501

The Exportation of Animals (N.I.) Order 1923 as amended39

S.R. & O. 1923/1076

The Swine Fever Order (N.I.) 1926

S.R. & O. 1926/95

The Animals Disinfection (N.I.) Order 1927 as amended40

S.R. & O. 1927/52

The Transit of Animals (N.I.) Order 1927 as amended41

S.R. & O. 1927/38

The Foreign Animals (N.I.) Order Order 1928

S.R. & O. 1928/88

The Musk Rats (N.I.) Order 1933

S.R. & O. 1933/46

The Bovine Tuberculosis (N.I.) Order 1935 as amended42

S.R. & O. 1935/39

The Grey Squirrels (N.I.) Order 1936

S.R. & O. 1936/65

The Diseases of Animals (Poultry) Order (N.I.) 1949 as amended43

S.R. & O. 1949/192

The Horses (Sea Transport) Order (N.I.) 1953

S.R. & O. 1953/87

The Diseases of Animals (Therapeutic Substances) (N.I.) Order 1953 as amended44

S.R. & O. 1953/169

The Non-Indigenous Rabbits (Prohibiting of Importation and Keeping) Order (N.I.) 1954

S.R. & O. 1954/161

The Animals (Sea Transport) Order (N.I.) 1958

S.R. & O. 1958/5

The Importation of Foreign Vegetables Order (N.I.) 1961

S.R. & O. 1961/28

The Importation of Dogs and Cats Order (N.I.) 1961 as amended45

S.R. & O. 1961/29

The Hay, Straw &; Grass Meal Order (N.I.) 1962 as amended46

S.R. & O. 1962/62

The Diseases of Animals (Boiling of Animal Food) Order (N.I.) 1962

S.R. & O. 1962/72

The Foot and Mouth Disease Order (N.I.) 1962

S.R. & O. 1962/209

The Unlawful Importations Order (N.I.) 1963

S.R. & O. 1963/178

The Coypus Order (N.I.) 1963

S.R. & O. 1963/234

The Foreign Animals Order (N.I.) 1964

S.R. & O. 1964/81

The Diseases of Animals (Importation of Poultry) Order (N.I.) 1965 as amended47

S.R. & O. 1965/175

The Foyle Area (Control of Netting) Regulations (N.I.) 1966

S.R. & O. 1966/72

The Destructive Pests and Diseases of Plants Order (N.I.) 1966

S.R. & O. 1966/313

The Importation of Dung Order (N.I.) 1967

S.R. & O. 1967/179

The Rabbits and Hares (Control of Importation) Order (N.I.) 1967

S.R. & O. 1967/294

The Mink Order (N.I.) 1967

S.R. & O. 1967/346

The Mink (Importation and Keeping) Regulations (N.I.) 1968

S.R. & O. 1968/8

The Fisheries Consolidated, Amendment and Licence Duties Bye-Laws (N.I.) 1969

S.R. & O. 1969/91

The Exotic Animals Importation Order (N.I.) 1969 as amended48

S.R.&O.1969/334

The Landing of Carcases and Animal Products Order (N.I.) 1970

S.R. & O. 1970/145

The Foyle Area (Control of Netting) (Amendment) Regulations (N.I.) 1970

S.R. & O. 1970/200

The Sheep Scab Order (N.I.) 1970

S.R. & O. 1970/240

The Exported Animals (Amendment of Charges) Order (N.I.) 1971

S.R. & O. 1971/56

The Importation of Peat Moss Litter Order (N.I.) 1971

S.R. & O. 1971/186