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The Hovercraft (Application of Enactments)(Amendment) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1256 · Made 19 May 1998

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HOVERCRAFT

Made 19th May 1998

Coming into force 29th May 1998

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of May 1998

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 1(4) of the Hovercraft Act 1968f1:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 1(1)(h) and (3)(g) of the Hovercraft Act 1968f2, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1968 c. 59.

f2

Section 1(1)(h) was amended by the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54), section 152(1) and Schedule 5.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the tenth day after the day on which it is made.

2

The Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972f1 shall be amended by deleting from Part A of Schedule 2 thereto the following:

(a)

the reference to the Civil Aviation Act 1968f2 section 16 in column 1 and the corresponding reference in column 2 and modification in column 3; and

(b)

the reference to the Civil Aviation Act 1971f3 section 27 in column 1 and the corresponding reference in column 2 and modification in column 3.

Signature

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972 by removing from Part A of Schedule 2 to that Order (enactments relating to aircraft applied to hovercraft) references to the Civil Aviation Act 1968, section 16 and the Civil Aviation Act 1971, section 27. These two sections were repealed by the Civil Aviation Act 1982 and re-enacted as sections 86 and 85 respectively of that Act.