{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/674",
  "legislation_title": "The Hovercraft (General) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-general-order-1972",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order makes provision for the registration, safety certification, maintenance and operational safety of hovercraft. It also includes provision as to ancillary matters affecting the safety of hovercraft and persons and property thereon.\nUnder the Order the Secretary of State will be the authority for the registration of hovercraft and for issuing Operating Permits, while the Civil Aviation Authority will be the authority for certifying the safe construction of hovercraft.\nThe Order empowers the Secretary of State to make regulations by Statutory Instrument prescribing fees, with the approval of the Treasury, in respect of matters relating to hovercraft.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/674/note",
    "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."
}