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Boat Dwellers in Oxford under threat

National Bargee Travellers Association | 04.03.2012 14:27 | Policing | Repression | Social Struggles | Oxford

Information to help boat dwellers whose homes are threatened by the Unlawfully Moored Boats Enforcement Group

Boat dwellers in Oxford are under threat from a group called the Unlawfully Moored Boats Enforcement Group, made up of Oxford City Council, the Environment Agency, British Waterways and Thames Valley Police. Oxford City Council has just given this group £44,000 over two years from April 2012. The enforcement group was set up in 2010 ‘to ensure that the banks are kept clear of unlawfully moored boats and those who have a lawful right to moor can do so’ according to the Council. The NBTA reminds all the members of this enforcement group of the lawful rights to moor enjoyed by boaters who live on their boats without a mooring under Section 17 3 c ii of the 1995 British Waterways Act, and also that the Public Right of Navigation on the River Thames includes the right to anchor, moor or remain stationary for a reasonable time. In a recent high court case regarding public rights of navigation, a QC made the point that there is no definition of a “reasonable time” allowed for mooring in the context of a public right of navigation but he thought 14 days was reasonable.

There’s an FOI request here
 http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/unlawfully_moored_boats_enforcem

If you live on a boat in Oxford, contact us if you want some help dealing with this enforcement group, as we may be able to provide some advice, or put you in touch with organisations that can assist.
www.bargee-traveller.org.uk
 secretariat@bargee-traveller.org.uk

National Bargee Travellers Association
- e-mail: secretariat@bargee-traveller.org.uk
- Homepage: www.bargee-traveller.org.uk

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Well that's brilliant...

16.03.2012 16:33

Fucking council. They're supposed to be making cuts, so rather than keep the libraries open they waste a shitload on being arseholes to boat people

ginger


Social cleansing?

22.03.2012 13:40

I'm part of this interesting and diverse community - sometimes scruffy or untidy maybe (boaters and me together!) but never antisocial. Teachers nurses, even council workers! What a waste of public funds - did some North Oxford Nimbys make a noise? Come down on the canal its an interesting walk, council money better off spent on beer in the Plough.

Dave W
mail e-mail: dhtwatkins@gmail.com


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