tiamiboat wrote: > --- In [email protected], Bruce > Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> According to the patrol officer we spoke to this November, they used > to >> have handhelds with the whole database on it, but there was some >> problem (battery size, I think) so this year they all had reams of >> print out on clip boards, ordered by number not boat name. >> >> Atm, he's the only patrol for Wales and Border Counties, so his patch >> runs from Swansea to Llangollen to Chester and across to >> Macclesfield. >> >> ATB >> >> Bruce > > As many will know I now actually work in the craft licencing > department > at Watford (until the dept moves to Leeds later this year) and I just > happen to look after Wales & BC. Bruce will be talking either about > Colin Cope or the recently retired John B. Both patrol offices have a > detailed knowledge of their patches and know which boats aren't and > are > not licenced. Persistant licence evaders have been discovering to > their > cost how efficient we are at getting people licenced and recovering > back licence and mooring fees, through the courts if necessary. > > Sue is perfectly correct in stating that if a boat is not displaying a > valid licence it still may actually be licenced and only checking the > BW SAP system will reveal all. There are occasions, such as when a > boat > changes owner and the previous owner does not transfer the licence and > a refund is in progress and the new licence discs for the new owner > have not arrived when a boat may not be displaying discs. Occasionally > discs are genuinely lost in the post or undelivered for some reason. > Sometimes there is a delay for a variety of reasons in issuing discs > but the licence has been processed. > > Reporting every boat you see that does not appear to be displaying a > valid licence can seriously tie up the enforcements teams time in > checking the system instead of spending time pursuing those who we > know > are evading, and believe me, since I started working for BW, I now > know > there is nowhere to hide if you don't pay. We are constantly > improving, > we will find you, catch you and we will recover the money or remove > the > boat, it just takes a little time ... but we're getting faster. > > HTH > Debbi
You should be OK on Earnest when it returns to BW waters...as I will have remembered to take and fit my new licences ;-)....shame I will soon have to hand them back for a refind! ps..the Bow Locky was not very interestred in my 06 RED band Gold Licences!...just to be on the safe side I got the WWW to fone me through with the actual licence number. -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - The Wilderness years... Follow the truly independent TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk Visit this site and help save our waterways from the DEFRA cuts http://www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/
