Part B Instruments applied, and modifications

(1) In regulation 1(2) the definition of “home-trade ship” and the words “and, subject as aforesaid, expressions to which meanings are assigned in the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1938 have the same meanings as in those Acts” shall not apply; and in the definition of “mariner” for the words from “under the Act” to “thereto”, there shall be substituted the words “under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 by virtue of the provisions of paragraphs 2 (as modified by Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972) and 3-5 of Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act”.

(2) In regulation 3, the words “Subject to the provisions of the two next following regulations” shall be omitted; for the words “or of any regulations for the time being in force as to the payment of contributions under the National Insurance Act in respect of share fishermen” there shall be substituted the words “as applied by Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972” and after the words “by virtue of these regulations”, there shall be inserted the words “as applied by Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972”.

(3) In regulation 8, for the words “to which paragraph 2 of Part I of the First Schedule to the Act applies, or by virtue of employment as a pilot within paragraph 3 thereof”, there shall be substituted the words “to which paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 as modified by Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972 applies”; for the words “at a port other than a proper return port”, there shall be substituted the words “outside Great Britain”; for the words “to such a port”, there shall be substituted the words “to Great Britain”; and paragraph (d) shall not apply.

(4) In regulation 10, for the words “to which paragraph 2 of Part I of the First Schedule to the Act applies or as a pilot within paragraph 3 thereof”, there shall be substituted the words “to which paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 as modified by Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972 applies”.

(5) In regulation 13, the words “or by a superintendent” shall be omitted.

(1) For Article 3 there shall be substituted “the Collision Regulations shall apply to all United Kingdom registered hovercraft and to all other hovercraft within United Kingdom territorial waters”.

(2) For Article 4(2) there shall be substituted “The provisions of the said section 21 shall apply to all United Kingdom hovercraft, and to all other hovercraft within United Kingdom territorial waters”.

(3) In Rule 1(a) the words “or hovercraft” shall be added after “seaplanes” in the second sentence.

(4) There shall be added to Schedule 1, Part B as Rule 7A the following Rule—

“(a)

“In addition to the lights prescribed in Rule 2 and Rule 7 for a power driven vessel under way a hovercraft when under way and supported (wholly or partly) on its cushion of air shall carry where it can best be seen an amber flashing light flashing 60 times per minute and of such a character as to be visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least 5 miles.

(b)

A hovercraft when complying with the carriage of lights prescribed in Rule 4(a), Rule 4(c) and Rule 5(a) and (c) shall not carry an amber flashing light prescribed above.”

(5) There shall be added as paragraph (3) to the Preliminary to Part C—Sound Signals and Conduct in Restricted Visibility the following:—

“(3)

It should be noted that because of the noise of operation of some types of hovercraft, sound signals may not be heard from them and they may not be able to hear sound signals made by other vessels”.

(6) There shall be added as paragraph (5) of the Preliminary to Part D—Steering and Sailing Rules, the following:—

“(5)

In complying with the Steering and Sailing Rules it should be borne in mind that hovercraft operate at high speed and that under certain circumstances the aspect presented by the hovercraft to other vessels is not always a true indication of its direction of travel.”

(1) For “passenger steamer” wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “hovercraft carrying more than 12 passengers”, and

(2) The definition of “passenger steamer” and “steamer” shall not apply.

(1) In regulation 1(2), the definitions of “share fisherman”, “home-trade ship”, “home-trade port”, “foreign-going ship”, “passenger” and “passenger ship” and the words “and, subject as aforesaid, expressions to which meanings are assigned in the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1965 have the same meanings as in those Acts” shall not apply; in the definition of “mariner” the words “and includes a share fisherman” shall be omitted; in the definition of “manager” the words “ship's husband or other” shall be omitted; and the definition of “British ship” shall have effect subject to the modifications of paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965, effected by this Schedule.

(2) In regulation 2, the proviso to paragraph (1) thereof, and paragraphs (2), (5) and (6) thereof, shall not apply.

(3) In regulation 10, in paragraph (b), the words “superintendent or” shall be omitted; and in provisos (b) and (c) for the words “a proper return port” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Great Britain”.

(4) In regulation 14, paragraph (3) shall not apply.