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Advice about regulations applying to pleasure (sport or recreational) craft.
Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft
Research into how and why children read for pleasure and evidence for how to promote it.
Find out how to charge and collect excise duty on fuel used in private pleasure craft and fuel used for private pleasure flying.
Before you sail to or from the UK, submit your voyage plan with details of your vessel, people and goods on board. Find out how to change or cancel your report.
This MGN replaces MGN 538 (M), as amended.
Check UK customs rules for private individuals who use a pleasure craft (like a yacht or other boat) for recreational use, or temporarily import one as a non-UK resident.
Check when you need to pay VAT on a vessel you’re keeping in the UK and how to provide evidence of VAT paid.
Check customs rules for private individuals who leave the UK in their pleasure craft and travel to other countries.
Model byelaw set for local authorities to regulate public walks, pleasure grounds, open spaces and disused burial grounds.
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.
The Code of Practice for Intended Pleasure Vessels in temporary commercial use at aea.
Find out about the required documentation for people who sail pleasure craft to and from the UK.
Use the online service or postal form HO105 to tell HMRC you've bought aviation turbine fuel (AVTUR) and intend to use it for private pleasure-flying and pay the duty due.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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