Section 30 — Ships and hovercraft
This version in force from 2010-10-01
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) This Part (subject to subsection (2)) applies only in such circumstances as are prescribed in relation to—
(a) transporting people by ship or hovercraft;
(b) a service provided on a ship or hovercraft.
(2) Section 29(6) applies in relation to the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1); but in so far as it relates to disability discrimination, section 29(6) applies to those matters only in such circumstances as are prescribed.
(3) It does not matter whether the ship or hovercraft is within or outside the United Kingdom.
(4) “Ship” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
(5) “Hovercraft” has the same meaning as in the Hovercraft Act 1968.
(6) Nothing in this section affects the application of any other provision of this Act to conduct outside England and Wales or Scotland.