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Check if you need to register a trailer to take it abroad, create an account to register your trailer, manage details of registered trailers.
Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have
You can tow trailers up to a certain weight with your car driving licence.…
Most cars have a maximum weight they can tow. It’s usually listed in the…
The equipment you use with your trailer or caravan must: meet certain…
American trailers and caravans do not always meet European safety…
Checks you should carry out every time you tow a trailer, caravan or horsebox with a car, to make sure you're towing safely and legally.
The licence sets out where you can fish, what you are not allowed to fish and the limits for the stocks you are allowed to fish and land.
Work out if you’re old enough or have the right kind of licence to tow a trailer from different kinds of vehicle
Register or license a boat for use on the UK's inland waterways or at sea - which authority to register with, the UK Ship Register and Small Ships Register, penalties and fines
You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.
Two fatalities following the loss of control of a powerboat near Little Thatch Island, British Virgin Islands.
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Product Recall for Jiuran XS Black Life Jacket sold via Amazon presenting a serious risk of drowning.
Application form for an annual or short-term registration for an unpowered open boat on the River Thames, Anglian Waterways or Medway Navigation.
Product Recall for Unbranded Pink Floral Swim Vest presenting a serious risk of drowning.
Guidance, application forms and charges information to apply for a boat registration (licence) on the River Thames.
Get a 'certificate of keeper' for your abnormal load trailer if you want to use it outside the UK, or replace a lost certificate.
Product Recall for Omouboi Life Jacket presenting a serious risk of drowning.
Product Recall for WENTSEN Adult Buoyancy Vest sold via AliExpress presenting a serious risk of drowning.
Bridge heights and profiles, locks and facilities for boaters on the River Medway.
Product Recall for Jiuran XS Life Jacket presenting a serious risk of drowning.
Product Recall for Unbranded Orange Life Jacket presenting a serious risk of drowning.
Product Recall for Sailtrek Red, Black and Grey Life Jacket Vest sold via eBay presenting a serious risk of drowning.
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