If I have a commercial BSS & fully comprehensive insurance and I have done my RYA helmsman course and gained a certificate and I've met all the following requirements below do I automatically qualify for a bw leisure business license?
10. There must be adequate facilities available to service the Boat. These must include:
(a) car parking for customers;
( systems for the disposal of sewage from the Boat;
© drinking-water supply to refill the Boat;
(d) covered refuse disposal bins;
(e) a mooring berth which gives safe entry and exit to and from the Boat.
11. Each time you allow any person to use the Boat you must ensure that they are capable of using it safely. To meet this obligation you should:
(a) Provide adequate and appropriate coaching in:
(i) safe methods of navigating the Waterway including operating locks;
(ii) the operation and care of the Boat and its equipment (including safety equipment).
( Provide on the Boat, and draw attention to:
(i) the Boater's Handbook. You are strongly recommended to make this or similar material available to users of the Boat before they arrive;
(ii) at least two copies of British Waterways' visitor incident report forms;
(iii) other relevant publications about the local waterway;
(iv) emergency contact details.
© Offer to all passengers and users of the Boat free use of properly maintained buoyancy aids or lifejackets.
(d) Be able to provide evidence that you have proper systems in place to ensure consistent compliance with these Conditions. We will accept a current British Marine Federation Handover Audit Certificate as this evidence. We may ask you from time to time to produce this evidence. It is not required as part of the licence application process.
You are recommended to maintain a log of all breakdown or emergency calls.
12. You agree to obtain and keep in force any planning permission, fire certificate, licence and other authorisations required by other statutory bodies for you to use the Boat as you propose. If we ask you, you agree to show them to us.
13. In making an application for a Leisure Business Licence, you are confirming that you meet all of the above requirements. We may carry out an inspection and will draw your attention to any shortcomings. If you do not put these right, we may terminate your Leisure Business Licence. We may re-inspect the Boat at your expense.