{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/674",
  "legislation_title": "The Hovercraft (General) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Inspection of hovercraft",
  "text": "The CAA may at any reasonable time inspect a hovercraft or part or equipment thereof in respect of which an Experimental or Safety Certificate—\n(a) has been applied for, or\n(b) has been issued and is still in force, or\n(c) has been issued and has ceased within the preceding period of 3 months to be in force,\nand may for that purpose enter any premises where persons are employed in the design, construction, maintenance or storage of the hovercraft, or any hoverport.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3173",
      "affecting_title": "The Hovercraft (General) (Amendment) Order 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3173",
      "affecting_title": "The Hovercraft (General) (Amendment) Order 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3173",
      "affecting_title": "The Hovercraft (General) (Amendment) Order 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/674/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:31:43.233138+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}