Higgs

Basic truth: no boat, no mooring required. Access fee, to get access rights into another specific area. Accessed area requires licence. The idea is there of two separate areas and jurisdictions; of ownership and management. The only access fee required by the marina business is payment of a mooring fee. CRT do not stipulate that a boat needs a mooring. That was cleared up years ago. Of course, if we went back to the need to have a home mooring, the imposition of the requirement to have a licence on private property might be better appreciated. The removal of the freedom to choose - not to need the use of the canal and not being liable to pay for that non use. I leave you to your toilet cleaning.

You don't need a car to have a mooring, or a car licence, etc.. If you have a car, it might only be a requirement of the marina insurance company, for a vehicle to have a licence, etc. Maintenance of roads in a marina are not the responsibility of councils. Maintenance of a marina is not an issue for CRT responsibility. And if it is all down to the marina, there is no need for the licence requirement to be specified in the NAA. It is obviously not taken as read, that the marina is responsible for making a licence a compulsory requirement.

Are marinas charged extra, to access the road, and add it to the mooring fee.

They are not the licensing or issuing authority. Small difference.

That's just a fact.

But you know, and I know, a licence is not valid on private property. The access fee is understandable.

That's the great thing about marina moorings; you get to pay your licence fee, and an access fee ; Licence plus premium. Mooring isn't free, either.