Part A.
OPERATING PROPOSAL –SAFETY BOAT (EMERGENCY RESCUE)
These licences are for boats used for emergency rescue only. Safety boats used by clubs must be licensed as club boats and safety boats used on construction projects must be licensed as maintenance workboats.
Please try to fill out this form as fully as possible, but do ask your Business Boating Manager for assistance if required. We will use the information provided to assess your activities for navigational safety, water resource and quality and other likely impacts on the waterway.
Upon receipt of your proposal, we will write and confirm receipt and give you an in principle decision within 6 weeks. Please note that if you may need to obtain agreements for using our property this may take much longer to finalise.
A1.Organisation details
Name of organisation:
Address for correspondence:
Email:
Website:
Main contact:
Office held (e.g. Secretary, Captain):
Telephone:
Mobile:
If the organisation has a customer no. please give it here (7 digit no. beginning with an 8):
Date of submission:
Proposed start date for business licence:
(This must always be the 1st day of any given month)
A2.
Details of your proposed operation
If you are affiliated to a particular emergency service (e.g. police, fire brigade) please state which one here
How is the organisation constituted? (e.g. public body, charity, CIC)
What is the main purpose of the organisation?
Please describe the use the organisation makes of the waterway in a typical week. Please include times, days of the week, area of water used and the number of boats involved in scheduled training/practice sessions.
Do these activities require an exemption from the speed limits set out in the bye-laws? If so, please provide details.
Please describe the use the organisation makes of any other Canal & River Trust property. This may be a lease of premises, permission to use a landing stage or slipway or simply the right to cross land between a boathouse and the waterspace.
Are any of the boats listed ever let out on hire to the general public or used for public trips of any kind?
Please tick this box to show that you have a full risk assessment covering all your activities on Trust land or waterspace in place and available for inspection on request.
Do all of your skippers have a boatmaster’s licence (or equivalent)?
Please advise if you hold a BSC or Exemption declaration.
Are the boats always removed from the water when not in use?
If not, where are they kept?
If you already own the boat(s) intended to be used please fill in (leave blank if you do not yet own the boat):
A3.Boat details: (Please complete a new sheet for each boat).
Boat Name:
Is this a new boat?
Index no:
Length in metres :
Beam in metres :
Hull Identification No:
Year of construction:
Name of boat builder:
Hull Material :
Engine size:
(Please write ‘unpowered’ if the boat has no engine)
Does the craft have an inboard electric engine?
Proposed start date for licence:
(This must always be the 1st day of any given month)
The information provided on this form is used to inform members of staff and volunteers of the Canal & River Trust about your current activities. We will use it to warn others about your activities on our waterway. Please ensure that the details of your training use of the waterway are included.
Please email this form to:
Or post it to:
Canal and River Trust, Business Boating, Fearns Wharf, Neptune Street, Leeds, LS9 8PB
Upon receipt of your proposal, we will write and confirm receipt and give you an in principle decision within 6 weeks. Please note that you may need to negotiate agreements for using our property which could take much longer to finalise’
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November 2017