
1 
This Order may be cited as the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 1978 and shall come into operation on 29th December 1978.
2 
The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3 
At the end of the entry relating to the Collision Regulations and Distress Signals Order 1977 in column 1 of Part B of Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972, as amended by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 1977, there shall be added the words “(as amended by S.I. 1977/1301 and S.I. 1978/462)”.
4 
For the entry relating to the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Rules 1965 as amended in columns 1, 2 and 3 of Part B of Schedule 1 to the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972, there shall be substituted the following:—“


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Instruments applied References Modifications in relation to hovercraft or activities or places connected therewith (if any)
The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Rules 1978 S.I. 1978/1543 For “ship” and “passenger ship” wherever those words appear, there shall be substituted “hovercraft”.
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N.E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council
