UK Offence Report

The Hovercraft (General) (Amendment) Order 1996

UK Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 3173 — creates 3 criminal offences.

3offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
19 December 1996
In force from
1 February 1997
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Miscellaneous
Made under
Hovercraft Act 1968

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order further amends the Hovercraft (General) Order 1972. It removes references to the Civil Aviation Authority, and includes references to the Secretary of State (consequential upon the Marine Safety Agency of the Department of Transport taking over responsibility for the certification of the safety of hovercraft). In addition Parts II and III of the Order cease to apply to certain hovercraft to which the High-Speed Craft Code (made mandatory by the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974) applies. These are now regulated by the Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 (Articles 5 and 12). Experimental Certificates and Type Certificates will no longer be issued (Article 8).

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