CRT Policy News
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
In a response to a Freedom of Information request CRT has released information about the changes to the enforcement process against boats without a home mooring which it has announced will be applied to all continuous cruisers from 1st May 2015.
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Tags: continuous cruising, disability, enforcement, equality, FOI request, liveaboards, Matthew Symonds, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Saturday, February 14th, 2015
Yesterday CRT announced that from 1st May 2015 that it is extending its “new continuous cruiser” enforcement process to all boats licensed without a home mooring. It declared that it would refuse to renew the licences of the boats that have moved the least over their licence year unless they obtain a home mooring, and that boats that travel further but whose movement falls short of the movement required by Section 17 3 c ii of the British Waterways Act 1995 would only have their licences renewed for a short period and if their movement was still not considered adequate, they too would be forced to take a mooring or CRT would refuse to renew their licence. Yet CRT has not stated what it means by boats that move the least, and neither has it disclosed what distance it considers acceptable.
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Tags: ACC, AWCC, bona fide navigation, continuous cruising, CRT v Mayers, enforcement, IWA, K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, liveaboards, moorings, NABO, NBTA, Nigel Moore, RBOA, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Thursday, January 15th, 2015
One of the actions in the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan is a review of visitor moorings between Bath and Devizes. Liveaboard boaters without home moorings were informed that this review is taking place between January and March 2015, but were not invited to take part.
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Tags: Andrew Colyer, continuous cruising, K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, liveaboards, Local Waterway Partnership, NABO, visitor moorings
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
On 11th November CRT published the second of four planned three-monthly reports on the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan.
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Tags: continuous cruising, enforcement, K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, liveaboards, Matthew Symonds, Paul Davies, Section 17, Sheila Shaw, Waterways Act 1995
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Friday, November 14th, 2014
Sean Williams, the recently appointed CRT Welfare Officer, started work this week. We do not have any contact details for him yet, but assume his email address will be sean.williams@canalrivertrust.org.uk and that he will be based in the CRT head office at First Floor North, Station House, 500 Elder Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1BB.
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Tags: continuous cruising, enforcement, equality, Equality Act, Health, liveaboards, petition, Sean Williams, welfare, Welfare Officer
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Friday, October 17th, 2014
CRT is holding another consultation on methods for allocation of its directly managed moorings, but despite the previous consultation in 2008 showing overwhelming opposition to the principle of an auction system, it is refusing to even consider abandoning the auctions. In addition, the consultation only runs for one month, in contravention of the law on consultations. If you oppose the mooring auctions, please respond to the consultation before 3rd November expressing your opposition. Send your response to mooring.updates@canalrivertrust.org.uk. Or make a formal complaint.
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Tags: consultation, liveaboards, mooring auctions, mooring policy, moorings, Moorings Consultation, NABO, petition
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