# The Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1990, Regulation 6: Report of pleasure craft based in the United Kingdom


(1) Paragraph (2) below applies to a pleasure craft based in the United Kingdom on the importation of which duty is payable or which—
(a) is required to be entered under section 37 of the Act of 1979 or has on board any goods required to be so entered or in respect of which there is no entitlement to relief from duty; or
(b) has on board any animal or bird; or
(c) has on board any goods the importation of which is subject to any prohibition or restriction for the time being in force; or
(d) has on board any person who is not a British citizen within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981 other than such a person who has come directly from the Channel Islands or the Republic of Ireland; or
(e) departed on its last voyage from the United Kingdom more than a year before its arrival; or
(f) did not on its outward voyage from the United Kingdom obtain clearance outwards in accordance with any directions made by the Commissioners for that purpose under section 64(2) of the Act of 1979.
(2) The procedure for making report of a pleasure craft to which this paragraph applies shall be that—
(a) the person responsible, or a person acting on his behalf, shall immediately notify the arrival of that vessel to an officer, either in person or by telephone, and shall on such notification be told whether or not an officer is to board the vessel;
(b) where an officer is to board, all persons shall remain on board until his arrival and the person responsible shall then deliver to him the prescribed form, duly completed;
(c) where no officer is to board, 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 the Customs and Excise office for the port of arrival.
(3) The procedure for making report of a pleasure craft based in the United Kingdom to which paragraph (2) above does not apply shall be limited to that set out in sub-paragraph (c) of that paragraph.
(4) The procedure for making report in cases where an officer boards the pleasure craft before notification of its arrival shall be that the person responsible shall deliver to him the prescribed form, duly completed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1169/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pleasure-craft-arrival-and-report-regulations-1990/regulation-6
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