CRT Policy News
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
Following a Freedom of Information request by Allan Richards, CRT has published all the enforcement letters referred to in the continuous cruising enforcement flow chart that Mr Richards obtained in June shortly before its publication by CRT. We provide some explanation of the letters here.
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Tags: continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, enforcement, enforcement team, FOI request, liveaboards, restricted licences, Section 17, short term licences, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, June 29th, 2015
Here is the internal CRT document that outlines the process by which a customer is required to take out a short term licence and the steps from there to a Section 8 action.
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Tags: 14 day rule, CC monitoring, continuous cruising, enforcement, MAC, monitoring process, Section 17, Section 8, short term licenses, Waterways Act 1995
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
CRT has confirmed that the unworkable system of designating the western K&A into “neighbourhoods” is to end tomorrow.
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Tags: continuous cruising, enforcement, K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, Mark Stephens, Matthew Symonds, Section 17, visitor moorings, Waterways Act 1995
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Sunday, April 5th, 2015
The implementation of CRT’s draconian new Licence Terms and Conditions has been delayed by at least a month. In a meeting with some of the boating user groups, CRT stated that the new Terms and Conditions would be implemented on 1st May.
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Tags: Boat Licence Terms and Conditions, Data Protection Act, NABO, NBTA, Sian Ferry, towpath mooring control project, towpath mooring management project, unfair contracts, Waterways Act 1995
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Saturday, March 14th, 2015
On 30th January, CRT announced changes to the boat licence terms and conditions which it claims are not “a significant change of policy by the Trust”. However, many of these changes seek to unlawfully remove the rights of boaters contrary to the British Waterways Act 1995. To the extent that the changes are unlawful, they also fall foul of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, and some of the proposed changes breach the Data Protection Act 1998.
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Tags: Boat Licence Terms and Conditions, consultation, Data Protection Act, FOI request, NABO, unfair contracts
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