# Hovercraft Act 1968, Paragraph 1


In the following enactments, that is to say—
(a) the definition of “vessel” in section 2 of the Dockyard Port Regulation Act 1865;
(b) the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928;
(c) the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929;
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) section 2(1) of the Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949; and
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 . . . 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/59/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-act-1968/schedule/paragraph-1
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