SCHEDULE
Modifications of enactments
1. In the following enactments, that is to say—
- (a) the definition of "vessel" in section 2 of the 1865 c. 125.Dockyard Port Regulation Act 1865;
- (b) the 1928 c. 32.Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928;
- (c) the 1929 c. 13 (N.I.).Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929;
- (d) section 32(5) of the 1948 c. 56.British Nationality Act 1948;
- (e) section 2(1) of the 1949 c. 70.Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949; and
- (f) the 1962 c. 21.Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962,
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 and 1962 and section 5 of the 1968 c. 9.Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 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.
2. In the 1875 c. 17.Explosives 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.
3. In section 23(1) of the 1949 c. 55.
1954 c. 68.Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 and section 6 of the Pests Act 1954, any reference to a vessel shall include a reference to a hovercraft.
4. In the following enactments, that is to say—
- (a) section 19(1) of the 1962 c. 59.Road Traffic Act 1962;
- (b) section 29(1) of the 1964 c. 20 (N.I.)Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1964;
- (c) section 10(9) of the 1966 c. 18.Finance Act 1966;
- (d) section 101(1) of the 1967 c. 76.Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967; and
- (e) section 13(4) of the 1967 c. 83.Sea 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”.
5. In section 57(1) of the 1964 c. 40.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”.
6. In section 1(3) of the 1964 c. 64.Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act 1964, the references to a medical store-carrying ship shall include references to a hovercraft used in such circumstances as the Secretary of State may specify by order made by statutory instrument, and the reference to the master of such a ship shall be construed accordingly.
