# The Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003, Regulation 28: Application to hovercraft

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations apply as if any reference to a ship (other than in the expression “United Kingdom ship”) included a reference to a hovercraft.
(2) These Regulations apply to transport in a United Kingdom hovercraft if and only if the transport is—
(a) within the United Kingdom or its territorial sea, or
(b) to or from any nuclear premises in the United Kingdom.
(3) Regulation 27 applies as if the reference to a United Kingdom ship included a reference to a United Kingdom hovercraft.
(3A) Paragraphs (2) to (6) of regulation 27A apply as if the references in those paragraphs to a United Kingdom ship included a reference to a United Kingdom hovercraft.
(4) In this regulation—
“hovercraft” has the meaning given in section 4(1) of the Hovercraft Act 1968, and
“United Kingdom hovercraft” means a hovercraft registered under the Hovercraft (General) Order 1972.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/403/regulation/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-industries-security-regulations-2003/regulation-28
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