What did/do you need a licence for?

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Thu 10 Dec, 2009 7:06 pm

you also need a licence to take a boat on British Waterways.

Jak · Post by **Jak** » Thu 10 Dec, 2009 7:41 pm

Marriage licence i think mine must must be out of date by now.

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Thu 10 Dec, 2009 9:44 pm

Steve Jones wrote: you also need a licence to take a boat on British Waterways. Actually, Steve, I don't think you do. It's the boat that must be licensed - look for the licence disc in one of its windows.Speaking as a boater, I voluntarily qualified for the Certificate in Community Boat Management, as my boating is on behalf of a charity providing access to waterways for socially-excluded groups. The other qualification is the Inland Waterways Association's Helmsman's Certificate, which again, AFAIK, is not mandatory. Consequently a lot of boats you'll see on canals and rivers are hired boats crewed by holidaymakers, many of whom get only a short briefing from the hire company before being let loose.It is true that crews, or at least skippers, of commercial boats carrying more than 12 fare-paying passengers must hold a Boatmaster's Certificate, but such professionals are a small minority out there on the waterways.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Thu 10 Dec, 2009 10:47 pm

Uno Hoo wrote: Steve Jones wrote: you also need a licence to take a boat on British Waterways. Actually, Steve, I don't think you do. It's the boat that must be licensed - look for the licence disc in one of its windows.Speaking as a boater, I voluntarily qualified for the Certificate in Community Boat Management, as my boating is on behalf of a charity providing access to waterways for socially-excluded groups. The other qualification is the Inland Waterways Association's Helmsman's Certificate, which again, AFAIK, is not mandatory. Consequently a lot of boats you'll see on canals and rivers are hired boats crewed by holidaymakers, many of whom get only a short briefing from the hire company before being let loose.It is true that crews, or at least skippers, of commercial boats carrying more than 12 fare-paying passengers must hold a Boatmaster's Certificate, but such professionals are a small minority out there on the waterways. You still need a license to fish for coarse fish and brown trout which this year was £25! Now I'm retired I pay £16, which is still a lot of cash.A license to catch Salmon and Sea trout would set you back £100! The licenses are obtainable from Post Offices and issued by the Dept. of the Environment.

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Thu 10 Dec, 2009 11:14 pm

Hey Uno Hoo ... "access to waterways for socially-excluded groups" .... that include pirates did it?

wilfbarr · Post by **wilfbarr** » Fri 11 Dec, 2009 12:36 am

i dont see why you should need a licence to move scrap around they used to hire horse and carts out to rag and bone menin the sixtys on a daily bases their was never any problem then

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Fri 11 Dec, 2009 12:51 am

zip55 wrote: Hey Uno Hoo ... "access to waterways for socially-excluded groups" .... that include pirates did it? Well, I've never been "jolly-rogered".......................... yet!!!!!

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 11 Dec, 2009 12:02 pm

stutterdog wrote: Uno Hoo wrote: Steve Jones wrote: you also need a licence to take a boat on British Waterways. Actually, Steve, I don't think you do. It's the boat that must be licensed - look for the licence disc in one of its windows.Speaking as a boater, I voluntarily qualified for the Certificate in Community Boat Management, as my boating is on behalf of a charity providing access to waterways for socially-excluded groups. The other qualification is the Inland Waterways Association's Helmsman's Certificate, which again, AFAIK, is not mandatory. Consequently a lot of boats you'll see on canals and rivers are hired boats crewed by holidaymakers, many of whom get only a short briefing from the hire company before being let loose.It is true that crews, or at least skippers, of commercial boats carrying more than 12 fare-paying passengers must hold a Boatmaster's Certificate, but such professionals are a small minority out there on the waterways. You still need a license to fish for coarse fish and brown trout which this year was £25! Now I'm retired I pay £16, which is still a lot of cash.A license to catch Salmon and Sea trout would set you back £100! The licenses are obtainable from Post Offices and issued by the Dept. of the Environment. Someone has to ask - how much of this goes to the fish. Pays for restocking I suppose but don't believe there isn't a profit element in there too.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 11 Dec, 2009 12:16 pm

wilfbarr wrote: i dont see why you should need a licence to move scrap around they used to hire horse and carts out to rag and bone menin the sixtys on a daily bases their was never any problem then It applies to the carrying of any type of waste, Wilf.Along with the landfill tax, it's supposed to prevent the potentially dangerous fly-tipping of rubbish, but as it isn't policed effectively, it has the opposite effect. A good idea in theory, but like most of this government's legislation in this area, the cost of it all just makes a profit from law-abiding companies whilst the cowboys continue to line their own pockets and make a disgrace of our roadsides. I doubt that most moth-eaten settees seen in lay-bys are dumped by their previous owners (it's as easy to take them to the tip, but it wouldn't surprise me.) "I'll take that old settee to the tip in me van for a few quid, missus."

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Fri 11 Dec, 2009 12:36 pm

chameleon wrote: stutterdog wrote: Uno Hoo wrote: Steve Jones wrote: you also need a licence to take a boat on British Waterways. Actually, Steve, I don't think you do. It's the boat that must be licensed - look for the licence disc in one of its windows.Speaking as a boater, I voluntarily qualified for the Certificate in Community Boat Management, as my boating is on behalf of a charity providing access to waterways for socially-excluded groups. The other qualification is the Inland Waterways Association's Helmsman's Certificate, which again, AFAIK, is not mandatory. Consequently a lot of boats you'll see on canals and rivers are hired boats crewed by holidaymakers, many of whom get only a short briefing from the hire company before being let loose.It is true that crews, or at least skippers, of commercial boats carrying more than 12 fare-paying passengers must hold a Boatmaster's Certificate, but such professionals are a small minority out there on the waterways. You still need a license to fish for coarse fish and brown trout which this year was £25! Now I'm retired I pay £16, which is still a lot of cash.A license to catch Salmon and Sea trout would set you back £100! The licenses are obtainable from Post Offices and issued by the Dept. of the Environment. Someone has to ask - how much of this goes to the fish. Pays for restocking I suppose but don't believe there isn't a profit element in there too. Apparently, there is no profit to be made from the license to fish.The cash raised goes towards improving access to fisheries for the disabled and other disadvantaged groups, restocking of rivers ,improving the area's of rivers to encourage fish to breed,improving the water quality in our rivers and then you have newsletters and administration.At one time years ago before the the water boards were privatized if you wanted to fish in say ,Yorkshire, you had to buy a Yorkshire water board license .If you also wanted to fish in Notts. on the Trent which was a very prolific fishery you had to buy a Trent water board license.You can fish anywhere in England with one license now. I should add that the only people making a profit will be the Post Office .They will obviously require a commision for handling the application form.How much I do not know.