{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/674",
  "legislation_title": "The Hovercraft (General) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Safety Certificate to be in force",
  "text": "A hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom shall not be used unless there is in force in respect thereof a current Safety Certificate issued in accordance with this Order and any conditions subject to which the Certificate was issued are complied with:\nProvided that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to—\n(a) a hovercraft used in accordance with the conditions of an Experimental Certificate issued by the CAA in respect of that hovercraft; or\n(b) subject to the prior consent of the CAA and to any conditions subject to which that consent was given, a hovercraft in respect of which a Safety Certificate has previously been in force, which is used solely for the purpose of enabling it to—\n(i) qualify for a renewal of a Safety Certificate or a variation of a certificate after an application has been made for such renewal or variation;\n(ii) proceed to or from a place at which any inspection or test of the hovercraft is to take place for the purpose referred to in sub-paragraph (i) above; or\n(iii) proceed to a place at which repairs can be effected.",
  "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": "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/8",
    "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."
}