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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 September 2025

Debate

Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025

Contribution

The next issue is the use of ambulatory references under Section 306A. I have to confess that I had never before come across the concept of ambulatory references. I had to make some inquiries. In fact, in my original query to those whom I consulted, I was not sure whether the ambulatory power related to the hovercraft itself or to the regulations—was it the hovercraft that was ambulating about, so to speak? Apparently not; it is what we would know in a different context as dynamic alignment. It is troubling because we have got rid of dynamic alignment from the regulatory regime of this country, mercifully, but here we are apparently embracing it.

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