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Hovercraft

Hovercraft, means a vehicle which is designed to be supported when in motion wholly or partly by air expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which the boundaries include the ground, water or other surface beneath the vehicle. (English) Hovercraft Act, 1968, s. 4(1) [Halsbury's Law of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 36, para 421, p. 250]....


Hovercraft and Hover vehicles

Hovercraft and Hover vehicles, a hovercraft or hover vehicle: (1) is a motor vehicle, whether or not it is intended or adapted for use on roads; but (2) is to be treated as not being a vehicle of any of the defined classes [See the (English) Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, s. 139(1); Road Traffic Act, 1988, 188(1) (English)]....


hovercraft

A vehicle that rides over water or land supported by the pressure of a stream of air generated by downward thrusting fans and is propelled forward by an air propeller also called ACV and air cushioned vehicle...


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