British Waterways Act 1971
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1971 c. xviii |
British
Waterways
Act
1971
c. xviii
ELIZABETH II
1971 CHAPTER xviii
An Act to make provision for regulating the use of
pleasure boats and houseboats on certain of the inland
waterways of the British. Waterways Board and for
making charges therefor; to confer further powers on
the Board; and for other purposes. [30th March 1971]
W
HEREAS by the Transport Act 1962 the British Waterways
1962
c.
Board (in this Act referred to as **the Board") were
established:
And whereas it is the duty of the Board under the Transport
Act 1962 and the Transport Act 1968 (inter alia) to provide to
1968
c.
such extent as they may think expedient services and facilities on
the inland waterways owned or managed by them:
And whereas it
is
expedient that the Board should be empowered
as in this Act provided to regulate the use of pleasure boats
and houseboats on certain of the inland waterways of the Board
and to make charges therefor:
And whereas it is expedient that the other powers in this Act
contained should be conferred upon the Board and that the other
provisions in this Act contained should be enacted:
2 c. xviii British
Waterways
Act 1971
And whereas the purposes of
this
Act cannot be effected without
the authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted,
and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the British Waterways Act 1971.
Division of 2. This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—
Part*"10 Part !•—Preliminary.
Part II.—Pleasure boats.
Part III.—Houseboats.
Part IV.—Special provisions applicable to pleasure boats and
houseboats.
Part V.—Miscellaneous and general.
Interpretation.
3.—(l)
In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise
requires, the following words and expressions have the meanings
hereby assigned respectively to them:—
" Board " means the British Waterways Board;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day on which any offence
is continued after conviction therefor;
" enactment " means any enactment, whether public general
or local, and includes any order, byelaw, rule, regulation,
scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an
enactment;
" hire pleasure boat" means any pleasure boat which is let,
lent, hired or engaged for gift, pay, hire or reward or
promise of payment or carries or conveys passengers for
a charge or payment;
" houseboat" means any boat or barge or any vessel or
structure or any part, remains or wreckage thereof
whether or not the same shall be used or intended to be
used for human habitation but does not include any
boat, barge, vessel or structure—
(a) which is bona fide used for navigation; or
(b) which is on an inland waterway with the written
consent of the Board for the purpose of being broken
up or disposed of; or
(c) which is owned or used by the Board; or
(d) which consists of a floating or fixed pier or
jetty bona fide used by pleasure boats;
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