Aug 27, 2026 · 38 min · 13 segments
Rory and Thor pivot to heavier subjects: Border Force passage reporting and the 1979 Customs Act, renewed enforcement since 2022, and what it means for small-boat cruisers. That sparks broader…
We've got some news, some follow-up news from our recent podcast, which I thought you might be interested in.
Have you called them in on yourself?
Our finest legal mind, a regular contributor, has done some research and it appears that they do have the legal right to force us to check out in the form of 1979 Customs Act.
Which has basically meant that any operator of any vehicle, which does include a boat, has been required to check out in whatever form the government say.
And it just so happens they've never enforced it.
And for some reason in 2022, they've decided to start enforcing it through this passage reporting.
So apparently they do have the legal right to do it.
Whether Johnny Vorderforce knows that's where his right comes from is another matter.
I guess if we get chinned again, we could always quiz his knowledge of the underpinning legislation.
But the good thing is that if found guilty, you can be fined up to £1,000.
So it's not the biggest penalty in the world.
It's not like they're going to throw you in jail.
No.
So at least we can put our conspiracy to bed where we thought it was something to do with COVID.
It doesn't sound like it really was.
Oh, it was.
Do you think? Well, yeah, because it's never the rules.
were only introduced in 2022, post-COVID.
Oh, but the law has been around since the 70s.
The law has been out there for
decades, and no one's ever used that underpinning legislation to force homeowners to check out.
But clearly some bog in 2022, which is very much post-COVID, has decided to introduce the specific rules on how you do it.
Well, I think you can safely just ignore it, I suspect, mainly.
You just happen to be unfortunate.
We've got some news, some follow-up news from our recent podcast, which I thought you might be interested in.
Have you called them in on yourself?
Our finest legal mind, a regular contributor, has done some research and it appears that they do have the legal right to force us to check out in the form of 1979 Customs Act.
Which has basically meant that any operator of any vehicle, which does include a boat, has been required to check out in whatever form the government say.
And it just so happens they've never enforced it.
And for some reason in 2022, they've decided to start enforcing it through this passage reporting.
So apparently they do have the legal right to do it.
Whether Johnny Vorderforce knows that's where his right comes from is another matter.
I guess if we get chinned again, we could always quiz his knowledge of the underpinning legislation.
But the good thing is that if found guilty, you can be fined up to £1,000.
So it's not the biggest penalty in the world.
It's not like they're going to throw you in jail.
No.
So at least we can put our conspiracy to bed where we thought it was something to do with COVID.
It doesn't sound like it really was.
Oh, it was.
Do you think? Well, yeah, because it's never the rules.
were only introduced in 2022, post-COVID.
Oh, but the law has been around since the 70s.
The law has been out there for
decades, and no one's ever used that underpinning legislation to force homeowners to check out.
But clearly some bog in 2022, which is very much post-COVID, has decided to introduce the specific rules on how you do it.
Well, I think you can safely just ignore it, I suspect, mainly.
You just happen to be unfortunate.
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