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Section 3.
1In the following enactments, that is to say—E+W+S+N.I.
(a)the definition of “vessel” in section 2 of the M1Dockyard Port Regulation Act 1865;
(b)the M2Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928;
(c)the M3Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929;
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(e)section 2(1) of the M4Docking 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.
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F1Sch. para. 1(d) repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 82), s. 52(8), Sch. 9
F2Para. 1(f) repealed by Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), Sch. 6
F3Words repealed by Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), Sch. 6
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M31929 c. 13(N.I.)
2In the M5Explosives 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.E+W+S+N.I.
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3In section 23(1) of the M6Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 and section 6 of the M7Pests Act 1954, any reference to a vessel shall include a reference to a hovercraft.E+W+S+N.I.
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4In the following enactments, that is to say—E+W+S+N.I.
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
(b)section 29(1) of the M8Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 ;
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5
(e)section 13(4) of the M9Sea 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”.
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F4Sch. para. 4(a)(c) repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), s. 205, Sch. 9 Pt. I and Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), Sch. 6 Pt. I.
F5Sch. para. 4 sub–paragraph (d repealed in part (E.W.S.) by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27, SIF 107:1), s. 146, Sch. 14
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of Sch. paras. 4, 5, 7 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
5In section 57(1) of the M10 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”.E+W+S+N.I.
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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of Sch. paras. 4, 5, 7 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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Amendments (Textual)
F6Sch. para. 6 repealed by Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38), s. 39, Sch. 6
F77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S+N.I.
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F7Sch. para. 7 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group2.
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