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The Department for Transport has gone out to consultation on proposals to extend the definition of “ship” within Merchant Shipping legislation to include every description of watercraft in those provisions applying to safety, conduct endangering ships, structures or individuals and drugs and alcohol offences. The proposals would also extend the entitlement to ship registration in the UK to include such watercraft which an owner could exercise when appropriate.
The means to achieve this would be an Order made under the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, s.112. The aim of the proposals is to correct the mischief of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division's decision in R v Goodwin [2005] EWCA Crim 3184 (see CYCC News 8th December 2005 and 7 March 2006).