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2Ch. 59
Hovercraft Act 1968
and vibration caused by hovercraft in respect of which the requirements imposed in pursuance of paragraph (f) above are complied with;
(h) for applying in relation to hovercraft or to persons, things or places connected with hovercraft—
(i) any enactment or instrument relating to ships, aircraft, motor vehicles or other means of transport or to persons, things or places connected therewith (other than an enactment or an instrument made under an enactment mentioned in paragraph (i) below or section 2(1) of this Act),
(ii) any rules of law relating to ships or to persons, things or places connected with ships (other than rules relating to maritime liens),
and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, for providing that any enactment (other than an enactment mentioned as aforesaid) shall have effect as if references in it, in whatever terms, to ships, aircraft or motor vehicles or activities connected therewith included references to hovercraft or activities connected with hovercraft;
(i) for applying the following enactments, and any instrument made under them, in relation to the following matters respectively, that is to say—
(i) in relation to the carriage of persons and their baggage by hovercraft, the 1961 c. 27.
1962 c. 43.
Carriage by Air Act 1961 and the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962,
(ii) in relation to the carriage of property by hovercraft (except baggage in relation to which provisions of the Acts aforesaid are applied), the 1924 c. 22.
1894 c. 60.
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1924 and Part VII of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 so far as that Part relates to property on board a ship,
(iii) in relation to loss of life or personal injury connected with a hovercraft which is caused to persons not carried by the hovercraft, in relation to loss or damage connected with a hovercraft which is caused to property not carried by the hovercraft and in relation to infringements of rights through acts or omissions connected with a hovercraft, the said Part VIII;
(j) for substituting references to hovercraft for references in any enactment or instrument to vehicles designed to be supported on a cushion of air;