Brian Dominic wrote:
> [Default] On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:46:51 -0000, "Mike Stevens"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> finished tucking into their plate of
> fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their mouth, they swiggged the last
> of their cup of tea, paid the bill and wrote::
>
>
>> For a long time, even before the 1995(?) Act, the rules were that you
>> had to declare a home base or register as continuously cruising.
>
> What happens if you have a trailable boat which you may well licence
> for six months, but keep it on the trailer off the water in the
> winter? Where's "home" then?
The actual wording of the relevant section of the 1995 Act is :-
"(c) either-
(i) the Board are satisfied that a mooring or other place where the vessel
can reasonably be kept and may lawfully be left will be available for the
vessel, whether on an inland waterway or elsewhere; or
(ii) the applicant for the relevant consent satisfies the Board that the
vessel to which the application relates will be used bona fide for
navigation throughout the period for which the consent is valid without
remaining continuously in any one place for more than 14 days or such longer
period as is reasonable in the circumstances."
So the case of a trailable boat kept at home is covered by "other place
where the vessel can reasonably be kept and may lawfully be left "
Mike Stevens
nb Felis Catus III - currently at Thatcham
web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
No man is an island. So is Man.
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
