
1 
This Order may be cited as the Hovercraft (General) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st February 1997.
2 
The Hovercraft (General) Order 1972 is hereby amended as follows.
3 
In article 3 the definition of “The CAA” shall be omitted.
4 
In article 4, sub-paragraph (i) of the proviso shall be omitted.
5 
In Part II there shall be inserted before article 8 the following article:“
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This Part does not apply to hovercraft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 apply.”
6 
In article 8, paragraph (a) of the proviso shall be omitted.
7 
In the following provisions, for the reference to “the CAA” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State”—
(i) article 8, paragraph (b) of the proviso;
(ii) articles 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.
8 
Articles 9 and 10 shall be omitted.
9 
In article 11(1), sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted.
10 
In article 15(1) “10(3) or” shall be omitted.
11 
In article 16 for “an Experimental or” there shall be substituted “a”
12 
In Part III there shall be inserted before article 18 the following article:“
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This Part does not apply to hovercraft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 apply.”.
13 
In article 18(1) the last sentence shall be omitted.
14 
In article 23—
(a) in paragraph (1) the words “or operating unregistered in the United Kingdom in accordance with proviso (i) in Article 4” shall be omitted; and
(b) in paragraph (1) (a) “or Experimental Certificate if any” shall be omitted.
15 
In article 24(2) the words “or was operating unregistered in accordance with proviso (i) in Article 4 of this Order” shall be omitted.
16 
In article 33 for paragraphs (3) to (5) there shall be substituted the following—“
(3) If any person contravenes any provision of this Order, not being a provision referred to in paragraph (4) or paragraph (5) of this article, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
(4) If any person contravenes any provision specified in Part A of the Schedule to this Order he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(5) If any person contravenes any provision specified in Part B of the said Schedule he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.”
N.H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
