{"id":91905,"date":"2018-05-15T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T11:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=bfc25ca13bf7495414c31219a4779b87"},"modified":"2018-05-15T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T11:42:11","slug":"press-release-boaters-warned-to-register-your-vessel-or-face-court-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=91905","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Boaters warned to register your vessel or face court action"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boat owners are being urged to make sure their vessels are properly registered \u2013 or face paying thousands of pounds in penalties.<\/p>\n

The call comes after 6 boaters were ordered to forfeit more than \u00a37,200 between them \u2013 all for failing to register their craft for use on the River Nene.<\/p>\n

It is a legal requirement for boat owners to register any vessel they keep, use or let for hire on Environment Agency waterways, and to clearly display a valid registration plate. None of the guilty 6 had done so.<\/p>\n

Mark Bennett of Meadow View in Great Addington, Jim Brown of Station Road in Ringstead, David Campion of Oxford Street in Finedon, Andrew James MacGilliuray of Kestrel Lane in Wellingborough, Stewart Richardson of Ringstead Road in Ringstead, and Robert William Whiteside of Beloe Crescent in King\u2019s Lynn have each been given 14 days to pay up.<\/p>\n

Their cases were heard at Northampton Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday 1 May 2018. Mr Bennett was ordered to pay a total of \u00a3944.99, Mr Brown \u00a31,393.29, Mr Campion \u00a3944.99, Mr MacGilliuray \u2013 who owned 3 of the unregistered vessels \u2013 had to pay \u00a32655.95, Mr Richardson \u00a3503.98, and Mr Whiteside \u00a3843.98.<\/p>\n

It brings the total amount of avoided registration charges that have been recovered by the Environment Agency this year to almost \u00a3120,000. The cash is reinvested into maintaining, improving and protecting waterways.<\/p>\n

Nathan Arnold, Waterways Partnerships and Development Team Leader, said:<\/p>\n

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Our historic and precious waterways are an important part of our nation\u2019s heritage and are enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of people every year,<\/p>\n

Those who don\u2019t contribute as they should are threatening the future of our waterways \u2013 and we won\u2019t hesitate to take action against them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As well as not contributing to the upkeep of waterways, unregistered boats can be unsafe, hazardous to other river users, and a pollution risk to the local environment and its wildlife.<\/p>\n

The Environment Agency looks after 353 miles of navigable waterways in the Anglian network, which includes the Ancholme, Black Sluice, Glen, Welland, Nene, Great Ouse and Stour, as well as associated locks and navigation facilities like moorings, showers and toilets.<\/p>\n

More information about boating and waterways, including registering vessels, is available from the Environment Agency<\/a>. If you suspect a boat is illegal, please contact them on 03708 506 506 or email waterways.enforcementanglian@environment-agency.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

6 boaters were ordered to forfeit more than \u00a37,200 between them \u2013 all for failing to register their craft for use on the River Nene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}