{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/article-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/article-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/674",
  "legislation_title": "The Hovercraft (General) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Notification of casualties",
  "text": "(1) When a hovercraft casualty has occurred, the captain or if the captain is incapacitated, the operator of the hovercraft shall—\n(a) by the quickest available means, inform the Secretary of State of the happening of the casualty, stating the registration number or identity of the hovercraft and the place where the casualty occurred or is believed to have occurred and, in the case of a hovercraft which is missing, the route it was on; and\n(b) within 48 hours, or as soon thereafter as possible, transmit to the Secretary of State a report, signed by the captain or operator, of the casualty and of the probable occasion thereof, stating the registration number or identity of the hovercraft and the place where the casualty occurred or is believed to have occurred:\nProvided that this Article shall not apply to hovercraft which are less than 1,000 kg. unladen weight and are not used for reward.\n(2) For the purpose of this Article a hovercraft casualty shall be deemed to occur when a hovercraft—\n(a) has sustained, caused or been involved in any accident occasioning loss of life or any serious injury to any person;\n(b) becomes lost, abandoned, missing or stranded;\n(c) suffers such damage as the result of any accident that its safety is impaired; or\n(d) becomes involved in a collision with another hovercraft or ship;\nbut only when the occurrence takes place—\n(i) on or over the sea or other navigable water; or\n(ii) between the time when any person goes on board the hovercraft for the purpose of making a journey which would involve crossing the sea or other navigable water and the time when it comes to rest at the end of such a journey; or\n(iii) during the testing or maintenance of a hovercraft which normally makes journeys on or over the sea or other navigable water\nand also only if at the time the occurrence takes place, the hovercraft was registered in the United Kingdom or was operating unregistered in accordance with proviso(i) in Article 4 of this Order or was within the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3173",
      "affecting_title": "The Hovercraft (General) (Amendment) Order 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev.in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3173",
      "affecting_title": "The Hovercraft (General) (Amendment) Order 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/1351",
      "affecting_title": "The Hovercraft (General) (Amendment) Order 1989"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/674/article/24",
    "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."
}