{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-act-1968-commencement-order-1972/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-act-1968-commencement-order-1972/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/979",
  "legislation_title": "The Hovercraft Act 1968 (Commencement) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-act-1968-commencement-order-1972",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings into operation section 4(3) of the Hovercraft Act 1968, which provides that a hovercraft shall not be treated as a ship, aircraft or motor vehicle for the purposes of any enactment passed before that Act, or of any instrument having effect by virtue of any such enactment. Section 4(3) comes into operation on the same day as the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/971).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/979/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:29:38.753536+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}