{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/674",
  "legislation_title": "The Hovercraft (General) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Duties of captain",
  "text": "The captain, before the departure of the hovercraft—\n(a) shall take reasonable steps to ensure\n(i) that the craft is properly loaded and any cargo adequately secured in the craft;\n(ii) that there is adequate supply of fuel; and\n(iii) that the craft is in a fit state and that the safety equipment required to be carried is in a fit condition and ready to be used; and\n(b) shall satisfy himself that the journey can safely be made, taking into account the latest information available to him as to the route and weather.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "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/20",
    "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."
}