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All rights reserved. This document may be reproduced with prior permission of the Environment Agency. Recreational Waterways (General) Byelaws 1980 (as amended) The Authority under and ‘a registered pleasure boat’ by virtue of the powers and authority means a pleasure boat registered vested in them by Section 18 of the with the Authority under the Anglian Water Authority Act 1977 and provisions of the Anglian Water of all other powers them enabling Authority Recreational Byelaws hereby make the following Byelaws. - Recreational Waterways (Registration) 1979 1 Citation These byelaws may be cited as the (ii) Subject as is herein otherwise ‘Anglian Water Authority, Recreational expressly provided these byelaws Waterways (General) Byelaws 1980’. shall apply to the navigations and waterways set out in Schedule 1 2 Interpretation and Application of the Act. (i) In these byelaws, unless the context or subject otherwise 3 Damage, etc. requires, expressions to which No person shall interfere with or meanings are assigned by the deface Anglian Water Authority Act (i) any notice, placard or notice 1977 have the same respective board erected or exhibited by meanings, and the Authority on a recreational ‘the Act’ means the Anglian Water waterway or a bank thereof. Authority Act 1977 (ii) any , sluice, flood gate, ‘authorised officer’ includes any weir, or any other structure in a warden or bailiff duly authorised recreational waterway. in writing by the Authority (iii) any life saving equipment on a ‘consent of the Authority’ means recreational waterway or a bank a consent in writing signed on thereof. behalf of the Authority by an (iv) any water point, sanitary or officer duly authorised in that refuse disposal station, or other behalf facility relating to a recreational waterway.

6 Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws (v) any fence, wall, hedge or gateway person having opened that gate, or on the bank of a recreational caused it to be opened, shall leave it waterway. open. 4 Fauna 8 Camping No person shall, without consent of No person without lawful authority and the Authority, whether in, on or above; whether in a tent, vehicle or not, shall in a recreational waterway or on a bank camp or sleep out on the bank of any thereof take, molest, wilfully disturb recreational waterway. injure or destroy any living creature 9 Animals to be Controlled or the eggs of any living creature, No person shall cause or permit any or use any nets, snare instrument, dog or other animal in his charge lamp, lure or other means for taking or to enter or remain on the bank of a destruction of any such living creature recreational waterway unless such dog or its eggs. or other animal is under proper control 5 Electric Generators, etc and is effectively restrained from No person shall on a recreational causing annoyance to any person, waterway or on a bank thereof cause or worrying or disturbing any bird or or permit an electric generator or other animal. engine to be operated in connection 10 Bills, Affixing of with any vessel when the same is No person shall without lawful moored so as to cause disturbance or authority affix any bill, placard or annoyance to other persons enjoying notice to or upon any wall or fence, the amenities of the recreational or to any tree or upon any building, waterway. railing, lock, sluice or other structure 6 Vehicles Parking on the bank of a recreational No person shall cause a vehicle waterway. (whether attended or unattended) to obstruct the bank, towing path or halingway of a recreational waterway. 7 Gates to be Closed Where it is indicated by a notice exhibited on or alongside any gate on any bank, halingway or towing path of a recreational waterway that it is prohibited to leave the gate open, no

Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 7 11 Obstruction in Locks 14 Guns No person shall obstruct access to No person shall shoot or discharge or egress from any working lock or a gun, firearm or air weapon over hinder or obstruct persons in boats or in the direction of a recreational approaching, passing through, waterway, or on or over a bank thereof or leaving any working lock on a so as to endanger or harass persons recreational waterway. exercising their lawful rights thereon. 12 Dangerous Litter 15 Diving No personal shall leave on the bank (i) No person shall dive or jump into of a recreational waterway, otherwise a recreational waterway from than in a receptacle provided for litter, any bridge, lock or land drainage any glass, plastic material, metal, structure thereover unless a fishing line, fishing hook or other device has been provided for that material likely to cause injury to any purpose. person, animal or bird. (ii) No personal shall bathe or swim 13 Harassment within 100 metres as herein (i) No personal shall on a provided of the following locks, recreational waterway or on a sluices, weirs or water intakes:- bank thereof throw or propel any On the - stone, missile or any other object (i) Dog-in-a-Doublet Lock and Sluice in a manner likely to endanger any in the Parish of in the other person. County of upstream or (ii) No person shall do any act or downstream thereof. thing with intent to harass any (ii) Wansford Pumping Station in other person, or prevent him the Parish of Wansford in the exercising the rights or enjoying County of Cambridge upstream or the facilities which he may be downstream thereof. entitled to exercise or enjoy on a recreational waterway or a bank (iii) Road Sluice in the Parish thereof. of in the County of Northampton upstream or downstream thereof.

8 Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws On the - (a) without due care and (i) Denver Sluice in the Parish of attention, or without at all Denver in the County of times keeping a proper look upstream or downstream thereof. out (i) A.G. Wright Sluice in the Parish of (b) without reasonable Denver in the County of Norfolk consideration for other upstream thereof. persons exercising their rights on the waterway or enjoying On the - the facilities thereof Cowbit Road Sluice in the Parish of Spalding in the County of Lincoln (c) at a speed such as to be likely upstream thereof. to endanger other persons, or contrary to any lawful and On the River Glen - reasonable direction given by Surfleet sluice in the Parish of an authorised officer on the Surfleet in the County of Lincoln occasion of any emergency, upstream and downstream thereof. or in contravention of any On the - temporary restriction, Lock in the Parish prohibition or regulation of the of South Ferriby in the County use of a recreational waterway of Humberside upstream and imposed or made pursuant to downstream thereof. Section 15 of the Act. On the River Stour - (ii) no person shall use or navigate a Cattawade Barrage in the Parish vessel of Brantham in the County of (a) so as to prevent for an upstream thereof. unreasonable time any other or within 36 metres upstream or person exercising his rights downstream of any other lock, sluice, on a recreational waterway, or weir or water intake, or in any lock enjoying the facilities thereof, pen. or so as to harass him 16 Navigation (b) so as to cause unnecessary (i) Subject as is otherwise herein injury or damage to any flora expressly provided, no person or fauna, or to the banks of a navigating a vessel on a recreational waterway. recreational waterway shall do so

Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 9 17 Speed Limits (iii) This byelaw shall not apply to (i) Except when it is necessary for safe that reach of the River Nene as navigation in conditions of flood lies between the Fitzwilliam or in an emergency, no person Bridge in the Parishes of Thorney shall navigate a powered boat (as and Whittlesey in the District of defined in Section 18 of the Act) Peterborough and a point one over the waters or parts thereof mile downstream thereof. as are specified in column 1 of (iv) No person shall use water skis the following table at speeds to on any recreational waterway in be measured over the bed of the respect of which a speed limit is waterway exceeding those specified imposed by this byelaw. in relation thereto in column 2 thereof (ii) It shall not be an offence under paragraph (i) of this byelaw for a powered boat to exceed such speed limits if, for the purpose of any regatta, training, demonstration, test or other similar event there is in force in respect of that powered boat or in respect of powered boats generally taking part in the event a special permit in writing from the Authority authorising a higher speed, nor shall it be an offence for a powered boat in use for byelaw or law enforcement purposes to exceed such limits.

10 Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws Waterways or parts thereof Speed Limit Miles/hour Km/hour River Great Ouse 4 6.4 Between Ely High Bridge and Carmichael Railway Bridge, Ely Old West River between Hermitage Lock, , 4 6.4 and the Confluence with the at Pope’s Corner Between St Ives Lock and Houghton Lock 4 6.4 Between Old Bridge and 4 6.4 Lock Between Portholme Meadow Railway Bridge 0.85 4 6.4 miles (1.4 km) upstream from Godmanchester Lock and Brampton Lock Between entrance to Buckden Marina 0.4 4 6.4 miles (0.6 km) downstream from Offord Lock and Grafham Water Intake 0.75 miles (1.2 km) upstream from Offord Lock Between Papermill Lock at and Eaton 4 6.4 Socon Lock Between Tempsford Road Bridge (A1) and Roxton 4 6.4 Lock Between Bedford (Goldington) Power Station and 4 6.4 Mill Between the confluence with the River Great 4 6.4 Ouse at the Ship Inn and the village of Little Ouse Between Road Bridge (B1112) at Hockwold-cum- 4 6.4 Wilton and Brandon Sluice

Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 11 Waterways or parts thereof Speed Limit Miles/hour Km/hour Between Railway Bridge and 4 6.4 Prickwillow Road Bridge (B1382) Between Lock and Road Bridge 4 6.4 at Judes Ferry Inn between its confluence with River Great Ouse 4 6.4 in the Parish of Fordham and one mile (1.6 km) upstream of Road Bridge (A134) Reach Lode between Upware Lock at its confluence with the 4 6.4 River Cam and the village of Reach Burwell Lode between its confluence with Reach Lode and the 4 6.4 village of Burwell Wicken Lode 4 6.4 between its confluence with Reach Lode and its confluence with Monks Lode River Stour between Cattawade Barrage and Brundon Mill in 4 6.4 the Parish of Sudbury River Ancholme between Coal Dyke End, , in the Parish 4 6.4 of Brigg, and Bishops Bridge in the Parish of Glentham River Great Ouse (including ) downstream of Earith Bridge 15 24.1 Any recreational waterway other than those 7 11.2 specified above

12 Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 18 Moorings, Method of (iv) No person shall moor any vessel (i) No person shall put out or affix in such manner as unreasonably any mooring for or from any or unnecessarily to obstruct or vessel to a bank of a recreational impede the free flow of water in, waterway, or erect any landing into or out of the recreational plank or structure from any vessel waterway, or so as to prevent in such a manner as to impede or impede the proper control or or interfere with the free passage regulation of water levels by the ofpersons or vehicles over and Authority, or so as to obstruct along the bank. or unduly restrict the passage of other vessels in navigating a (ii) No person in charge of any vessel recreational waterway. shall cause or permit such vessel to be moored at any wharf or any (v) Where any vessel is moored or mooring place on a recreational lying in such a position as is waterway unless such vessel likely to interfere shall be securely moored head (vi) No person shall without the and stern, shall be laid as close consent of the Authority to and along the side or front of (which consent may begiven such wharf or mooring place as either absolutely or subject may be convenient, and shall be to conditions) on any bank so moored as not to cause any of a recreational waterway obstruction to the navigation of construct or provide a berth or other vessels. mooring post, gangway, landing (iii) No person shall moor or place stage or any other erections any vessel to or upon the bank or installations for any vessel of a recreational waterway, or provided that this byelaw shall otherwise in such manner or not prevent the construction or by such a method as to cause provision of a berth for a vessel in damage to any sea defences, any boat yard so long as the bank or drainage works injury boat yard is used for boat to the said bank, or to any wall, building or boat repairing, and groyne, outfall or other works. provided that the construction or provision of such berth does not extend to or involve the deposit of any structure in the bed of the recreational waterway.

Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 13 (vii) No person in charge of a vessel On the River Great Ouse - shall moor it without the consent (i) Denver Sluice in the Parish of of the Authority for any period Denver. or aggregate periods longer (ii) A.G. Wright Sluice in the Parish of than 48 hours in any three Denver. consecutive days at any mooring place provided by the Authority On the River Welland - on which a notice is exhibited Cowbit Road Sluice in the Parish intimating that vessels may not of Spalding. be moored thereat for any period On the River Ancholme - in excess of 48 hours. South Ferriby Lock in the Parish (viii) No person shall without the of South Ferriby. consent of the Authority cause On the River Glen - or knowingly permit any vessel Surfleet Sluice in the Parish of to be beached or to lie aground Surfleet. upon the bank or a recreational waterway above low water mark, On the River Stour - and to remain there unattended, Cattawade Barrage in the Parish provided that this byelaw shall of Brantham. not apply to a vessel which lies or within 36 metres of any other lock, aground for a reasonable length sluice weir or water intake or in any of time as a normal incident of lock pen, provided that this byelaw navigation or which is lawfully shall not apply to any mooring in the lying at a commercial, public or course of navigation if the vessel is private wharf. about to be taken through a lock. 19 Moorings in proximity to locks No person in charge of a vessel shall 20 Moorings, interference with moor it without the consent of the No person shall intentionally loosen Authority within 100 metres as herein or cast off any vessel and leave the provided of the following locks, same adrift upon a recreational sluices, weirs or water intakes: waterway. On the River Nene - 21 Moorings, houseboats (i) Dog-in-a-Doublet Lock and Sluice No person shall without the consent in the Parish of Whittlesey. of the Authority moor a houseboat in a recreational waterway, or to a bank (ii) Bedford Road Sluice in the Parish thereof, provided that this byelaw shall of Northampton. not apply to any houseboat which is

14 Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws in the course of being moved from one device for securing a lock or sluice place of anchorage to another place of gate a proper key or implement anchorage, or which is lawfully lying shall mean a key or implement at a commercial, public or private supplied by the Authority for the wharf. For the purpose of this byelaw particular purpose of opening and the expression ‘houseboat’ means a fastening the same, and in any vessel which is decked or otherwise other case a proper key or winding structurally covered in and which is handle shall mean a key or winding primarily intended not as a means of handle which will not damage or be transport but as a place of habitation likely to damage any mechanism. (whether by day and night or the 23 Locks one or the other) or as a place for No person employed in, upon or about accommodation or receiving persons any vessel shall wind or coil any rope, for the purpose of shelter, recreation, chain or other fastening around, or fix entertainment, or of witnessing or fasten the same to any lock gate or regattas or other events, or as club other work except to the bollards, irons premises, or as an office or as a and chain provided for the purpose of kitchen, pantry or store place. bringing up and stopping vessels. 22 Locks 24 No vessel to remain in lock (i) No person shall open or close any (i) No person in charge of a vessel lock gate otherwise than for the passing through any lock upon purpose of passing a registered a recreational waterway, or any pleasure boat (as may be permitted channel out of the same, shall by the terms of the registration) cause such vessel to remain in the through the same, nor shall he lock or channel longer than to pen operate such gate improperly. and navigate the same. (ii) No person shall interfere with (ii) A person in charge of a vessel the gates of any lock, or with the proceeding through any lock mechanism thereof without lawful shall ensure that the lock gates authority. are properly closed prior to the (iii) No person shall operate or attempt raising of any slacker to admit to operate any lock or lock gate, or water into or to discharge water to open or fasten any mechanism from the lock pen. thereon, otherwise than with a proper key or winding handle for the purpose, and in the case of any padlock, mortise lock or other

Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 15 25 Fuel tanks 28 River Great Ouse No person in charge of a vessel shall No person in charge of a powered cause or permit the cap of a fuel tank boat shall cause or permit it to enter thereon to be removed while the without the prior consent of the vessel is in a lock pen. Authority that part of the River Great Ouse in the District of Bedford as lies 26 Wicken Lode to the east of the footbridge between No person other than a resident of Mill Meadow and the Promenade to Wicken village or a duly authorised the east of the Town Lock. servant of the National Trust shall use or navigate a powered boat in Wicken 29 Obstruction of officers Lode upstream of its confluence with (i) No person shall intentionally Monks Lode in the Parish of Wicken in obstruct any person employed the District of . or appointed by the Authority in the exercise of any powers or 27 River Stour functions conferred on him under No person on the River Stour between or in respect of these byelaws. Henny Sluice in the Parish of Great Henny in the County of Essex and (ii) No person not duly authorised Cattawade Barrage in the Parish of by the Authority shall purport Brantham in the County of Suffolk to exercise any powers of and between Brundon Mill Sluice in the Authority in relation to a the Parish of Sudbury in the County recreational waterway, or the of Suffolk and Ballingdon Bridge in banks thereof. the said parish and county shall use 30 Enforcement or navigate any vessel other than one An Officer of the Authority on that is propelled manually or by sail: production of evidence of his Provided that this byelaw shall not authority may require any person on apply to such use or navigation by the a recreational waterway or on a bank River Stour Trust or by a person who thereof who is doing an act which is a riparian owner of a part of the without the consent of the Authority River Stour and provided that such is prohibited by these byelaws to exemption shall apply only to that produce evidence of such consent, number and type of vessels in such and if the person is unable to do so use on 25 October 1982. then the officer may require him to furnish his name and address, and it shall be an offence to fail to do so.

16 Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 31 Penalty The foregoing Byelaws were (i) Any person who contravenes or confirmed by the Secretary of State fails to comply with any of these for the Environment subject to certain Byelaws shall be guilty of an modifications which he made thereto offence and liable on summary (such modifications having been conviction to a fine not exceeding incorporated therewith) and as so level 3 on the standard scale. modified came into operation on 7th February 1983. Signed by the (ii) In any proceedings for an offence authority of the Secretary of State, R under these Byelaws, it shall be a AStead, an Assistant Secretary in the defence for the person charged to Department of the Environment. prove: The amendments effected by the (a) that they took reasonable Environment Agency Recreational precautions and exercised Waterways, Anglian Registration all due diligence to avoid the (Amendment) Byelaws 1997 were commission of the offence; or confirmed by the Secretary of State (b) that they had reasonable for the Environment on 24th March excuse for their act or failure 1997 and came into force on 1st April to act. 1997. Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State, N W Summerton The Common Seal of the Anglian (Director of WLD, Department of the Water Authority was affixed to the Environment) on 24th March 1997. Byelaws (of which the above is a true copy with the modifications made by the Secretary of State for the Environment on confirming the same) on the 30th April 1980 in the presence of G L Sturgess, Director of Administration.

Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 17 Anglian Water Authority Countryside Act 1968 Recreational (Water Parks) Byelaws 1981 (as amended) The Anglian Water Authority under and kind howsoever navigated, propelled by virtue of the powers and authority or moved, and whether inflated or not. vested in them by Section 22 of the ‘consent of the Authority’ means a Countryside Act 1968, and of all other consent in writing signed by an officer powers them enabling hereby make authorised in that behalf. the following byelaws. ‘vehicle’ means any cart, carriage, 1 Citation motor car, motor bicycle or other These byelaws may be cited as the wheeled vehicle, including any trailer Anglian Water Authority Recreational or caravan, but excluding a pedal (Water Parks) Byelaws 1981 cycle, invalid carriage, perambulator or 2 Interpretation push chair. (i) In these byelaws, unless the ‘water park’ means the several context or subject otherwise reservoirs, lakes, ponds, enclosed requires, the following waters, rivers, drains, artificial expressions shall have the watercourses and inland waters, meanings hereby assigned to referred to in byelaw 3 hereof and them: includes the land, banks and premises ‘the Authority’ means the Anglian thereof which are owned or held by the Water Authority. Authority. ‘authorised officer’ includes any (ii) References in these byelaws warden or bailiff duly authorised in to groups of two letters and six writing by the Authority. figures respectively are references to National Grid Reference points. ‘boat’ includes any boat, vessel, raft, hovercraft, hydrofoil and craft of any

18 Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 3 Application Reservoir at SP 688728 in Subject as is herein otherwise expressly the Parish of Hollowell in the District of provided, these byelaws shall apply to the water parks known by the names Hyde Lane Gravel Pit at SP 725352 in and situate on the National Grid the Parish of Foscott in the District of Reference points and in the parishes and Aylesbury Vale districts respectively as follows: Manea Borrow Pit at TL 482872 in the Alton Water being a reservoir at RM Parish of Downham in the District of East 155357 in the Parish of Stutton in the Cambridge District of Babergh Mepal Borrow Pit at TL 435814 in the Ardleigh Reservoir at TM 034285 in Parish of Mepal in the District of East the Parish of Ardleigh in the District Cambridge ofTendring Pitsford Reservoir at SP 758687 in Carr Reservoir at TA 014046 in the Parish of Pitsford in the District of the Parish of Cadney in the District of Daventry Glanford Costessey Pits being three connected gravel pits at TG 163130 in the Parish of Costessey in the District of South Norfolk Covenham Reservoir at TF 345960 in the Parish of Covenham St Bartholomew in the District of East Lindsey Cransley Reservoir at SP 830781 in the Parish of Cransley in the District of Foxcote Reservoir at SP 714363 in the Parish of Foscott in the District of Aylesbury Vale Grafham Water being a reservoir (formerly known as Diddington Reservoir) at TL 150680 in the Parish of Great Staughton in the District of Huntingdon

Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 19 Raventhorpe Reservoir at SP 678708 in The Great Ouse Cut-off Channel from the Parish of Hollowell in the District of TF 591012 to TL 731738 in the Parishes Daventry of Denver, Fordham, Ryston, West Dereham, , Wretton, Stoke Roswell Borrow Pit at TL 555807 in Ferry, , Methwold, Feltwell the Parish of Ely in the District of East and Hockwold-cum-Wilton in the District Cambridge of West Norfolk and in the Parishes Rutland Water being a reservoir (formerly of Brandon, Lakenheath, Eriswell, know as Empingham Reservoir) at SK Mildenhall and in the 942078 in the Parish of Empingham in District of Forest Heath the District of Rutland The Great Ouse Flood Relief Channel Sywell Reservoir at SP 831655 in from TF 605173 to TF 590012 in the the Parish of Sywell in the District of Parishes of King’s Lynn and Denver in the District of West Norfolk The Pringles Borrow Pit at TL 443826 in the Parish of Mepal in the District of East Cambridge Thorpe Malsor Reservoir at SP 825794 in the Parish of Thorpe Malsor in the District of Kettering Reservoir at TF 035874 in the Parish of Toft Newton in the District of The Coronation Flood Relief Channel of the River Welland from TF 260241 to TF 246217 in the Parish of Spalding in the District of South Holland

20 Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws Boats and Boating 8 Lines and hooks, disposal of No person shall deposit or leave 4 Buoyancy aids and life jackets anywhere in a water park, other than No person shall use or sail a boat in a receptacle provided for litter, any unless the boat contains sufficient fishing line or fishing hook likely to buoyancy aids or life jackets to cause injury to any person, animal or support the number of occupants bird. therein. 9 Bait 5 Reasonable consideration, etc to Except as may be expressly permitted be shown by the Authority, no person shall for No person shall use or sail any boat the purpose of taking fish throw or without reasonable consideration for discharge into any water in a water other persons enjoying the amenities park any matter edible by fish, or any of the water park, or in such a manner live or dead bait. or at such a speed as to cause annoyance, undue inconvenience or 10 Unauthorised release of fish danger to any other person boating on No person shall, without the consent or fishing on or in the water, or as to of the Authority, introduce any fish prevent for an unreasonable time any or spawn of fish into water in a water other person on the water exercising park, or have in his possession any such rights as he may be entitled to fish or spawn of fish intending to exercise. introduce it into such water. 6 Launching or sailing of boats etc No person shall, without the consent Vehicles of the Authority, launch, use or sail on any water in the water park any boat, 11 Parking of Vehicles and otherwise than in accordance No person shall park a vehicle or with such terms and conditions cause the same to stand (whether as may be prescribed by any such attended or not) on any roadway or consent. in any part of a water park which is not set aside or designated for that 7 Consent purpose. No person shall fish in a water park without the consent of the Authority, andotherwise than in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by any such consent.

Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 21 12 Prohibition of vehicles ii) No person shall, without the No person shall take or drive a vehicle consent of the Authority, wilfully into a water park if prohibited from remove, cut or damage any tree, doing so by the Authority, or if a shrub, plant or other vegetation, notice to that effect is exhibited at whether living or dead. the entrance, or if a barrier is erected 16 Posts and fences, tents, booths across the entrance, or if any gate and camping thereon is fastened. (i) No person shall, without the 13 Dangerous driving consent of the Authority, pitch, erect (i) No person shall drive or tow a or permit to remain in a water park vehicle in a reckless manner, or any caravan, tent, booth, windbreak, without due care and considera- pole, clothes line, building, shed, tion for others in a water park. post, fence, railing or other erection (ii) A person driving a vehicle or or construction whatsoever. pedal cycle shall comply with (ii) No person shall, without the all traffic signs and with all consent of the Authority and reasonable directions given by whether in a tent or vehicle or not, any authorised officer. camp or sleep out in any part of a 14 Access water park. No person shall ride or drive a 17 Public gatherings mechanically propelled vehicle in any No person shall take part in any public part of a water park which is not laid gathering, procession or exhibition out as a roadway for motor vehicles or unless such public gathering, procession provided for the parking of vehicles. or exhibition has been authorised in writing by the Authority. General 18 Radios etc (i) No person, shall without the 15 Flora and Fauna consent of the Authority, operate (i) No person shall, without the or cause or permit to be operated consent of the Authority, take, any wireless or television receiver, molest, wilfully disturb, injure or gramophone, tape recorder (except destroy any living creature or the for making recordings), amplifier or eggs of any living creature, or use other similar instrument, provided any net, snare, instrument, lamp, that it shall not be an offence to lure or other means for the taking operate a wireless or television or destruction of any such living receiver inside a vehicle if no creature, or its eggs.

22 Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws nuisance or annoyance is caused (ii) No person shall remain in a thereby. water park for a longer time than is necessary to enable (ii) No person shall, without the him to leave by the nearest exit consent of the Authority, play after being required to do so by or cause or permit to be played an authorised officer who has any musical instrument or other reasonable grounds for believing instrument. that the person has committed 19 Animals to be controlled an offence against these byelaws No person shall cause or permit any dog and who produces his authority. or other animal in his charge to enter or 21 Prohibited entry remain in a water park unless such a dog No person shall, without the consent or other animal is under proper control of the Authority, enter or remain and is effectively restrained from causing in any part of a water park where a annoyance to any person, or from notice is exhibited in a conspicuous worrying or disturbing any other animal position prohibiting entry thereto or water fowl, or from entering the water. by the public because of danger or 20 Unauthorised entry potential danger to any person or (i) No person who, without the property. consent of the Authority; 22 Removal of structures (a) is in a water park at an hour No personal shall remove or displace when it is closed to the any barrier, railing, post or seat, or any public, or part of any erection or structure, any boat or any life saving equipment, or (b) is in any part of a water park any machine or implement used in the to which entry to the public is laying out or maintenance of the park. prohibited, or 23 Fire (c) has entered a water park (i) No person shall, without the other than through a point consent or the Authority, light any of entry provided for that fire or discharge any firework in a purpose water park. shall remain in there for a longer (ii) No person shall abandon, time than is necessary to enable throw, or let fall any lighted him to leave by the nearest exit match, lighted cigarette or any after being required to do so other article containing any by an authorised officer who inflammable gas or spirit or any produces his authority.

Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 23 inflammable substance, or any 27 Obstruction and harassment bottle or broken glass so as to No person shall intentionally disturb cause or to be likely to cause or interrupt or annoy any other person damage by fire. in the proper enjoyment of a water park, or engage in any game, sport 24 Animals not to graze or other activity which may endanger (i) Except in pursuance of a lawful such person or intentionally obstruct, agreement with the Authority disturb or interrupt any authorised or otherwise in exercise of any officer in the proper execution of his lawful rights or privileges, no duty. person shall turn out or permit to remain in a water park any cattle, 28 Gates to be closed sheep or other animal. Where the Authority indicate by a notice conspicuously exhibited on (ii) No person shall ride on or alongside any gate in the water horseback in part of a water park park that leaving that gate open is which is not designated as a path prohibited, no person having opened or place for horse riding and the that gate, or caused it to be opened, way marked as such. shall leave it open. 25 Swimming etc 29 Goods, etc sale of No person shall bathe, swim, waterski No person shall, without the consent or iceskate in any water park except of the Authority, sell or offer or with the consent of the Authority. expose for sale, or let to hire or offer 26 Bills not to be affixed or exposed for letting to hire any No person shall, without the consent commodity or article or any food or of the Authority, affix any bill, placard, refreshment of any kind, or offer any advertisement or notice to or upon service for reward. any tree or any other natural thing, or 30 Drains and watercourses, flow of to or upon any part of any building, No person shall obstruct the flow of seat or other erection. any drain or watercourse, or open or shut or otherwise interfere with any valve, sluice, gate, plant (whether mobile or fixed), or machinery or similar apparatus in any water park.

24 Environment Agency Recreational Byelaws 31 Unauthorised assumption of powers The Common Seal of the Anglian No person not duly authorised by the Water Authority was affixed to the Authority shall purport to exercise any Byelaws (of which the above is a powers of the Authority in relation to true copy with the modifications the water park. made by the Secretary of State for the Environment on confirming the 32 Penalties and defences same) on the 30th April 1980 in the Any person doing an act which if done presence of G L Sturgess, Director of without the consent of the Authority Administration. would constitute an offence under these byelaws shall, if so required by The foregoing Byelaws were an authorised officer on production of confirmed by the Secretary of State evidence of his authority, produce to for the Environment subject to certain such officer evidence of such consent, modifications which he made thereto or, if he is unable to do so, to give (such modifications having been such officer his name and address. incorporated therewith) and as so modified came into operation on 28th (i) Any person who contravenes or May 1981. Signed by the authority of fails to comply with any of these the Secretary of State, R A Stead, an Byelaws shall be guilty of an Assistant Secretary in the Department offence and liable on summary of the Environment. conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. The amendments effected by the Environment Agency Recreational (ii) In any proceedings for an offence Waterways, Anglian Registration under these Byelaws, it shall be a (Amendment) Byelaws 1997 were defence for the person charged to confirmed by the Secretary of State prove for the Environment on 24th March (a) that they took reasonable 1997 and came into force on 1st April precautions and exercised 1997. Signed by the authority of the all due diligence to avoid the Secretary of State, N W Summerton commission of the offence; or (Director of WLD, Department of the Environment) on 24th March 1997. (b) that they had reasonable excuse for their act or failure to act.

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