Legal documents

On 2 July 2012 the government transferred inland waterways in England and Wales into a new charitable body, the Canal & River Trust. In Scotland the management of canals remains within the public body, British Waterways, and is responsible to the Scottish Government, www.scottishcanals.co.uk

• Canal & River Trust Articles adopted 27 March 2012
• Canal & River Trust Special resolution passed 27 March 2012
• Canal & River Trust charity registration details as at 20 April 2012
• British Waterways (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012
• Trust Rules agreed by Council on 22 March 2017
• Governance Handbook Revised 2 October 2017

You may also find the following information useful:

• Court action to remove boats from our waterways
• Judicial review Brown v Canal & River Trust
• Historic licensing documents