Spirited resistance to Blair's booze rules

01 Jun 2004

Industry bodies such as the BMF, the RYA and IWA will continue to lobby the government about what they call "areas of concern" arising from proposed alcohol limits for recreational boaters, as David Foxwell reports The marine industry as a whole has long objected to the idea of "drink drive" regulations for boaters, but now that they are a step closer, with legislation that will enable harbour masters - even potential officials of British Waterways (BW) - to detain boat owners if they believe they are over the limit, the marine industry has to step up its longstanding lobbying campaign if boat owners are not to be saddled with potentially damaging and unnecessary legislation.