CRT Policy News
Monday, April 7th, 2014
There have been some developments in CRT’s enforcement practice along the K&A, according to conversations between boaters and CRT staff.
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Tags: continuous cruising, Corrine Rotherham, Denise Yelland, enforcement, enforcement team, Section 17, Sheila Shaw, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, February 17th, 2014
A boat dweller who is facing court action by CRT was told that Richard Parry will not personally scrutinise every decision to take boat dwellers to court, whether against sick boaters or otherwise, according to a petition on the 38 degrees web site. This is in direct contradiction to the discussion between a K&A boater and Mr Parry.
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Tags: continuous cruising, equality, liveaboards, petition, Richard Parry, Sally Ash, Section 17, Simon Salem, Waterways Act 1995
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Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
All enforcement cases involving boaters who are ill will be personally scrutinised by CRT Chief Executive Richard Parry. This was announced following an online petition that nearly 4,500 people have signed. The petition calls on CRT to stop evicting boat dwellers who are disabled, elderly or vulnerable. You can read the petition and sign it here
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Tags: BANES Council, continuous cruising, disability, enforcement, equality, Equality Act, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, petition
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Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
Sally Ash has posted a new article on CRT’s web site that seeks to discourage people from exercising the right to live on a boat without a home mooring that all CRT licence holders enjoy. “Spreading the word about the demands of living afloat” misinforms people, saying that the law does not allow them to “simply to move around within a small area” and blames continuous cruisers for spoiling everybody’s enjoyment of the waterways.
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Tags: bona fide navigation, continuous cruising, CRT misinformation, CRT Navigation Advisory Group, Drifters Leisure Limited, hire boat companies, Sally Ash, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, December 9th, 2013
Three boaters spoke to Richard Parry, CRT’s Chief Executive, when he visited Crofton last Wednesday. One of the most significant things that they learnt was that Mr Parry will personally scrutinise every decision to take boaters to court from January.
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Tags: bona fide navigation, continuous cruising, CRT Legal Department, enforcement, Nigel Johnson, Paul Davies, Richard Parry, Sally Ash, Section 8
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