# The Hovercraft (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons) Regulations 1972, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1513/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-births-deaths-and-missing-persons-regulations-1972/regulation-2
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