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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
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You may need to get a Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) certificate before you can…
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You should check what kind of insurance you need - it depends on how and…
Find out the procedures you'll need to follow to zero rate VAT for the supply of a sailaway boat.
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 usually need to register or licence your boat if you want to keep or…
How you register your boat depends on the waterway you want to use and the…
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Today marks the launch of the latest phase of the government’s global campaign to warn migrants of the consequences of entering the UK illegally.
The UK and other northern European countries discussed new commitments to disrupt the supply chain of small boats yesterday evening (Monday 4 March) .
Guidance about how to protect a boat and crew from fire.
Boat registration, boat safety and river levels
Grants will help innovators develop new concepts – such as an automated boat that could deliver parcels by water – to tackle pressing transport issues.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Guidance, application forms and charges information to apply for a boat registration (licence) on the River Thames.
Application form to register an unpowered enclosed boat for an annual registration on the River Thames, Anglian Waterways or Medway Navigation.
Safety lessons to the recreational craft industry and pleasure boat users on the importance of using a kill cord to save lives and prevent serious injury.
Marine accident investigation branch Recommended that all pilot boats should be manned with a minimum of two crew including the coxswain.
Application form for an annual or short-term registration for an unpowered open boat on the River Thames, Anglian Waterways or Medway Navigation.
Guidance, application forms and charges information to apply for a boat registration on Anglian waterways.
Guidance and forms to help you apply for boat registration for the Medway Navigation.
A small boat pilot has been jailed after crossing the Channel with more than 50 migrants in a perilously overcrowded dinghy.
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.
The MOD took operational command of responding to small boat crossings in the English Channel on 14 April 2022, this returned to the Home Office on 31 January 2023.
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