modifications as may be so specified; and subsection (3) of section 1 of this Act shall apply to an Order under this subsection as it applies to an Order under that section but as if paragraphs (c), (e) and (f) were omitted.
(4) No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under this section unless a draft of the Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(5) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section affects any Order in Council made before the passing of this Act under section 56 of the said Act of 1956 (which among other things provides for the application of Part I of that Act to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, the colonies and certain other territories) but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prejudicing the powers to make Orders in Council under that section with respect to the said Part I or any of its provisions as extended by subsection (1) of this section; and the references in subsections (1) and (3) of that section to the said Part I shall include references to subsection (2) of this section.
(6) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply for the purposes of any proceedings begun on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section, whenever the cause of action arose, but shall not affect any proceedings begun before that date.
Application of certain enactments to hovercraft. 3. The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the modifications there specified (which provide for the application of those enactments in relation to hovercraft).
Interpretation etc. 4.—(1) In this Act—
- “contravention” includes failure to comply;
- “enactment” includes an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, an enactment contained in a local Act and an enactment contained in any Act passed after and in the same Session as this Act;
- “hovercraft” means a vehicle which is designed to be supported when in motion wholly or partly by air expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which the boundaries include the ground, water or other surface beneath the vehicle;
- “hoverport” means any area, whether on land or elsewhere, which is designed, equipped, set apart or commonly used for affording facilities for the arrival and departure of hovercraft;
- “modifications” includes additions, omissions and amendments; and
