Application to hovercraft
28.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations apply as if any reference to a ship (other than in the expression “United Kingdom ship”) included a reference to a hovercraft.
(2) These Regulations apply to transport in a United Kingdom hovercraft if and only if the transport is—
(a)within the United Kingdom or its territorial sea, or
(b)to or from any nuclear premises in the United Kingdom.
(3) Paragraphs (2) to (13) of regulation 27 apply as if—
(a)the references in paragraphs (2) to (5) of that regulation to a United Kingdom ship included references to a United Kingdom hovercraft,
(b)the references to a ship in the words inserted in section 33(1) of the 1974 Act by paragraph (10) of that regulation and in Article 31(1) of the 1978 Order by paragraph (11) of that regulation included references to a hovercraft, and
(c)the reference in paragraph (13) of that regulation to that regulation included references to paragraph (2) of this regulation.
(4) In this regulation—
“hovercraft” has the meaning given in section 4(1) of the Hovercraft Act 1968(1), and
“United Kingdom hovercraft” means a hovercraft registered under the Hovercraft (General) Order 1972(2).