> Try reading the '95 act. A) states you have a mooring but doesn't
> mention any time rules. B) states continuous cruising with a time
> rule. It is either or not a combination of both. I will be interested
> to know whether anyone reads it differently.
> BW can bring in guidance but the parliamentary act remains sacrocant.
> (or words to that effect.)
I don't know where the 14-day rule (for boaters other than continuous
cruisers) comes from, but it long predates the 1995 Act. I was told about
it during our briefing on our very first hire-boat holiday in 1972. That
version was that one may not moore for more than 14 days in the same parish.
It strikes me that there are two possibilities (a) either it was never
properly authorised (Sue's theory) or (b) it was in an earlier Act (perhaps
the 1968 one) or a regulation made under the terms of such an Act. In the
latter case the 1995 Act would only have affected the matter if it explicity
changed the rule (which it didn't).
In any case it was well-known to boaters back in the '70s.
Mike Stevens
nb Felis Catus III
web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
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