Amendment of the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 19892

1

The Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 19893 is amended as follows.

2

In article 3 (prevention of pollution by hovercraft), at the end of the list of provisions, insert—

The Merchant Shipping Act 1995

  • Sections 1284 and 129

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 19965

  • The Whole Order

3

After article 4 (safety regulations), insert—

Manning5

Section 47 of the Merchant Shipping Act 19956 applies in relation to hovercraft and to persons connected with hovercraft as it applies in relation to ships and to persons connected with ships, and for that purpose has effect subject to the modification that for any reference to a ship, or to ships, there is respectively substituted a reference to a hovercraft and to hovercraft.