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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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Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Small commercial vessels must follow the small commercial vessel codes of practice - codes of practice, certification, operating overseas
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
This MGN should be read in conjunction with Part 2 of the IPV Code.
Information on the restrictions affecting the navigation on the River Thames.
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
Navigation, passage planning, pilotage service, mooring details and charges for boaters using Rye Harbour.
Guidance about the types of vessels that can operate on UK inland waters. It also refers to EU requirements and regulations.
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
Guidance for applying for a Deck CoC for Commercial and Private Yachts.
Southern Region, Judge Brownhill and Mr R Wilkey on 6-8 March 2019
Owners of UK-flagged fishing vessels are responsible for basic health and safety on board their boats, safe working practices and safety equipment.
Boat registration, boat safety and river levels
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