The Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. 1996/1406 ) (“ the 1996 Regulations ”) to put beyond doubt that those Regulations allow for making report on arrival of a vessel to take place electronically and to remove obsolete references. They also amend the Ship’s Report Importation and Exportation by Sea Regulations 1981 ( S.I. 1981/1260 ) to update a reference to previous Regulations.

Regulation 2 amends regulations 4 and 6 of the 1996 Regulations. Regulation 4 is amended to require a yellow flag (the signal flag for ‘Q’ in the International Code of Signals) to be flown on a pleasure craft at all times between the crossing of the limits of a port in the United Kingdom and notification from an officer that this is no longer required. Regulation 6 is amended to put beyond doubt that it allows for report to be made electronically in accordance with the requirements specified in the directions made under section 35(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, and to remove the reference to Customs and Excise post boxes.

Regulation 3 amends the Ship’s Report Importation and Exportation by Sea Regulations 1981 to refer to the 1996 Regulations instead of the Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1979 ( S.I.1979/564 ).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.