{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/674",
  "legislation_title": "The Hovercraft (General) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Nationality and registration marks",
  "text": "(1) A hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom shall not be used unless—\n(i) it bears prominently and clearly painted or affixed to the craft its nationality and registration marks; and\n(ii) the nationality and registration marks together with the name and address of the registered owner are engraved on a fire proof metal plate affixed in a prominent position inside the hovercraft near an entrance.\n(2) The nationality mark of a hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom shall be the capital letters “GH” in Roman characters and the registration mark shall be a group of four digits assigned by the Secretary of State on the registration of the hovercraft. The letters and digits shall be without ornamentation and a hyphen shall be placed between the nationality mark and the registration mark.\n(3) The nationality and registration marks of a hovercraft shall be used as the sole means of identification of the craft by radio.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}