The Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1996

PART I PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 28th June 1996.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“arrival” means the anchoring, berthing or mooring of a vessel within the limits of a port and “arrive” and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

“notification of arrival” means notification of arrival as referred to in regulation 6(2);

“pleasure craft” means a vessel which, at the time of its arrival in the United Kingdom, is being used for private recreational purposes;

“the person responsible” means the person on board a vessel under whose command or subject to whose personal direction it has arrived or is intended to arrive as a pleasure craft;

“the prescribed form” means the form prescribed by the Commissioners for the purposes of these Regulations in directions made under section 35(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

Application

3.  These Regulations shall apply to a pleasure craft which arrives in the United Kingdom from a place outside the customs territory of the European Community or from a territory listed in the Schedule.