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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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(1)

In these Regulations:—

  • “Missing Persons” means persons with respect to whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have died on a hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom;

  • “Person in command” of a hovercraft means, in a case where a person other than the captain is in command of the hovercraft, that person, and in any other case, the captain;

  • “Traveller” in relation to a hovercraft includes a member of the crew;

reference in these Regulations to births or deaths in a hovercraft include references to births or deaths on a hovercraft's lifeboat or liferaft and, in the case of deaths, to being lost from a hovercraft, or hovercraft's lifeboat or liferaft.

(2)

The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.