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	<title>Kennet and Avon Boating Community Website &#187; Letters to BW and others</title>
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	<description>A resource for all boaters who live on and visit the Western end of the Kennet and Avon Canal</description>
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		<title>New job for Damian Kemp</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[BW Policy News and FOI Act Requests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters to BW and others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moorings Consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damian Kemp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee and Stort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Mooring Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sally Ash]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Damian Kemp, BW&#8217;s Project Officer who chaired the Local Mooring Strategy Steering Group and did the legwork for the 2009 consultations on National Mooring Policy, Local Mooring Strategies and the now discredited Lee and Stort Moorings Managament Plan, has a new job. He is a member of BW&#8217;s Boating Team, headed by Sally Ash. Mr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now&#8217;s the time to object to registration of BW charity!</title>
		<link>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/nows-the-time-to-object-to-registration-of-bw-charity/</link>
		<comments>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/nows-the-time-to-object-to-registration-of-bw-charity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Continuous Cruisers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BW charity status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continuous cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liveaboards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trustees of the Canal and River Trust plan to register the new charity in November or December 2011. If you will be directly affected by this you have the right to object to the registration of the charity. Objections should be sent to the Charity Commission. The Bill that will allow BW to be transferred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do if you get enforcement letters from BW such as a CC1 or Pre-CC1</title>
		<link>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/what-to-do-if-you-get-enforcement-letters-from-bw-such-as-a-cc1-or-pre-cc1/</link>
		<comments>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/what-to-do-if-you-get-enforcement-letters-from-bw-such-as-a-cc1-or-pre-cc1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Panda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BW Policy News and FOI Act Requests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Continuous Cruisers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters to BW and others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CC1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CC2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complaints process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continuous cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enforcement team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patrol notices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Section 17]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/?p=1868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of boaters have been served with enforcement letters in the last few months. This has mainly been on stretches of the canal above Devizes. Here is some advice about how to respond to them that we hope will be helpful. You can also download this briefing below as a 4-page leaflet. Pre-CC1, CC1, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal challenge to revised mooring guidance expected</title>
		<link>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/legal-challenge-to-revised-mooring-guidance-expected/</link>
		<comments>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/legal-challenge-to-revised-mooring-guidance-expected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Panda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Continuous Cruisers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters to BW and others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[14 day rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bona fide navigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continuous cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liveaboards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Section 17]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waterways Act 1995]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A legal challenge to BW&#8217;s revised Mooring Guidance for Continuous Cruisers is expected after BW rejected a &#8220;letter before claim&#8221; from boater Nick Brown. It is likely that Mr Brown will issue Judicial Review proceedings on the grounds that the revised guidance is ultra vires, in other words BW does not have the legal power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another opportunity to lobby MPs about the Public Bodies Bill</title>
		<link>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/another-opportunity-to-lobby-mps-about-public-bodies-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/another-opportunity-to-lobby-mps-about-public-bodies-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Panda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BW Policy News and FOI Act Requests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters to BW and others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Politick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BW charity status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liveaboards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Public Bill Committee is not likely to consider the transfer of British Waterways to charity status until after 10th October when it will examine Schedule 5 of the Public Bodies Bill and BW&#8217;s amendment (99A) to the Bill. This means there is another opportunity to lobby the Committee etc. Here are four things you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Example response to second consultation on BW charity</title>
		<link>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/example-response-to-second-consultation-on-bw-charity/</link>
		<comments>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/example-response-to-second-consultation-on-bw-charity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Panda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BW Policy News and FOI Act Requests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters to BW and others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Politick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BW charity status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEFRA consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOI requests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liveaboards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an example response to the second DEFRA consultation on transferring BW to charity status. Despite complaints, the deadline is still 24th October. It&#8217;s always best to put responses in your own words, if possible. The example response contains an introductory statement, replies to the questions about England and Wales, and replies to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14 Days or Such Longer Period as is Reasonable in the Circumstances</title>
		<link>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/14-days-or-such-longer-period-as-is-reasonable-in-the-circumstances/</link>
		<comments>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/14-days-or-such-longer-period-as-is-reasonable-in-the-circumstances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Panda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Continuous Cruisers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters to BW and others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[14 day rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continuous cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Section 17]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waterways Act 1995]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A boat without a home mooring may stay for longer than 14 continuous days in one place if it is reasonable in the circumstances, according to the 1995 British Waterways Act. It is advisable to inform BW if you need to do this, and keep them updated of your circumstances and when you expect to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IWA reveals anti-liveaboard prejudice in Local Mooring Strategy</title>
		<link>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/iwa-reveals-anti-liveaboard-prejudice-in-local-mooring-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/iwa-reveals-anti-liveaboard-prejudice-in-local-mooring-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Panda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Continuous Cruisers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters to BW and others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mooring Strategy Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continuous cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inland Waterways Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liveaboards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Mooring Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sally Ash]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/?p=1689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) representative on the Mooring Strategy Steering Group has made it clear that his understanding of the local mooring strategy is to &#8220;reduce the numbers of those living on the canal&#8221; so that within 5 years &#8220;they would be able to plan for a different life-style&#8221;. In an email to BW&#8217;s Sally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Write to your MP before BW Charity Bill goes to Commons Committee in September</title>
		<link>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/write-to-your-mp-before-bw-charity-bill-goes-to-commons-committee-in-september/</link>
		<comments>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/write-to-your-mp-before-bw-charity-bill-goes-to-commons-committee-in-september/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Panda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[continuous cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Foster]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/?p=1682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Public Bodies Bill, which will transfer BW to charity status, will be considered by the Public Bill Committee in the House of Commons between 8 September and 13 October. The Committee will consider the Bill in detail and probably make more amendments. The Committee Chair is David Amess, the Conservative MP for Southend West. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MP asks Parliamentary Question on behalf of liveaboard boaters</title>
		<link>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/mp-asks-parliamentary-question-on-behalf-of-liveaboard-boaters/</link>
		<comments>http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/mp-asks-parliamentary-question-on-behalf-of-liveaboard-boaters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Panda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Politick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BW charity status]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/?p=1674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[﻿Duncan Hames, the Liberal Democrat MP for Chippenham, whose constituency includes the Kennet and Avon canal between Dundas and Hilperton, was contacted recently by a number of boaters concerned that the transfer of BW to charity status would put them at increased risk of homelessness. As a result, Mr Hames asked this question in the [...]]]></description>
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