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Boating basics including essential knowledge and techniques you need to make sure you enjoy yourselves and stay safe on the water.
Information on the actions to be taken if a vessel has had their request to conduct three-monthly lifeboat and rescue boat drills, as required by SOLAS, refused.
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) issue the VO6033 form to assess the rateable value of this type of non-domestic property.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
A list of registration charges for Anglian Waterways.
How to find MCA approved training providers for STCW short course and ancillary training.
Use form VAT436 to tell HMRC you're buying a sailaway boat in the UK to export to non-EU countries and are using the Sailaway Boat Scheme.
Skipper skipped almost £400 in fees.
How to apply for a commercial fishing licence for vessels over 10 metres
Instructions on applying for STCW watch ratings, yacht ratings, or able seafarer certificates and information on gaining an efficient deck hand certificate
Concession for workers working on well boats in UK territorial seas.
Small commercial vessels must be registered, surveyed and inspected to meet UK safety laws - registering a boat, surveys and inspections
The UKSIA manages UK domestic fishing vessel access to non-UK waters and foreign vessel access to UK waters.
High fine sends warning message to those with unregistered boats. Patrols on Thames have already begun for summer 2024.
Authorisation of service providers, to work on lifeboats, rigid rescue boats, launching appliances, on-load release gear on-board UK ships.
A small boat pilot has been jailed after crossing the Channel with more than 50 migrants in a perilously overcrowded dinghy.
Owners and operators of seagoing ships and large yachts are responsible for the health and safety of seafarers
Find out what you need to do when hiring crew to work on a ship or yacht - qualifications, certificates of competency, crew agreements and crew lists
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.
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