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Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Check customs rules for private individuals who leave the UK in their pleasure craft and travel to other countries.
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
Guidance about the types of vessels that can operate on UK inland waters. It also refers to EU requirements and regulations.
Small commercial vessels must follow the small commercial vessel codes of practice - codes of practice, certification, operating overseas
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
Find out how to charge and collect excise duty on fuel used in private pleasure craft and fuel used for private pleasure flying.
This MGN should be read in conjunction with Part 2 of the IPV Code.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
Find out the VAT liability for supplying ships, trains, aircraft and associated services in the UK.
How to account for VAT if you supply caravans and houseboats, or you're a caravan site operator, or you provide mooring facilities for houseboats.
Find out the procedures you'll need to follow to zero rate VAT for the supply of a sailaway boat.
Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft
Details for owners, operators, and masters of vessels on inland waters, including categorisation, how to apply, safety requirements and best practice.
If you're a non-UK resident temporarily importing a vessel, check if you can get relief using Temporary Admission (TA) and the rules that apply while your yacht is under the TA procedure in the UK.
Guidance for applying for a Deck CoC for Commercial and Private Yachts.
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