The Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1996

PART III PROCEDURE FOR REPORT ON ARRIVAL

6.—(1) The procedure for making report of a pleasure craft which has arrived in the United Kingdom shall be as set out in paragraphs (2) to (7) below.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, the person responsible, or a person acting on his behalf, shall notify arrival of the vessel to an officer, either in person or by telephone.

(3) Where an officer boards the vessel after its arrival and before notification of arrival has been given, such notification shall not be required with effect from the moment of such boarding.

(4) Notification of arrival, where it is required, shall be given as soon as practicable after the arrival of the vessel.

(5) Where a person giving notification of arrival is told that an officer is to board the vessel, the person responsible shall, when the officer boards, deliver to the officer the prescribed form, duly completed.

(6) Where a person giving notification of arrival is told that an officer is not to board the vessel, the person responsible shall put the prescribed form, duly completed, in a Customs and Excise post box where one is provided for that purpose or deliver it to an officer, or to the Customs and Excise office for the port of arrival.

(7) Where an officer boards the vessel after its arrival but before notification of arrival has been given, the person responsible shall deliver the prescribed form, duly completed, to the officer who has boarded.