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RYA reporting regulations success
01 Jul 2005
Following its earlier legal challenge, the RYA can report success in its campaign to get the government to amend its ill-considered reporting requirements of the Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004, which applied to all recreational craft.
The reporting requirements on owners of smaller craft has now reverted to the legal position prior to the 2004 regulations, which means craft under 15 metres are again excluded from reporting "incidents" or "accidents".
Without the Amending Regulations it would now be a criminal offence, punishable by a fine of up to £5,000, if skippers of recreational craft did not comply with strict reporting requirements.
"The RYA originally objected to the Reporting Regulations in November 2004, " said Rod Carr, RYA CEO.
"We are now happy with the provisions of the Amending Regulations."
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