On 11 Jul 2008, at 10:05, Tony Brooks wrote:
> It is a clear as day that a number of boaters have no intention of
> licensing their boats, paying their mooring permit (if applicable)
> and displaying the said items. If anyone doubts this take a look
> along the South Oxford & K&A.
>
> If all these officers and wardens are not figments of a PR mans
> imagination equip them with some sticky see through bags and "foil
> anti forgery" printed headed notices. Simply stick a notice on
> windows on both sides of the boat showing the current "state of play".
>
Hear, hear.
It seems to me the problem is that BW handles these matters on a civil
law basis, as a landowner enforcing regs for use of their property,
rather than having powers under criminal law as a local authority does
for parking regs. This means that rapid action can be taken - pay up or
find yourself in front of a magistrate.
Try leaving your car out on the street without a tax disk or with the
number plate missing and see what happens. You don't hear LAs saying
that they can't afford enforcement costs!
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All the best
Bruce
There are no strangers on the cut, only boaters we've yet to meet.
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