A&CN – Aire & Calder Navigation
ABP – Associated British Ports
ACA – Ashby Canal Association
ACS – Aylesbury Canal Society
AGM – Annual General Meeting
AINA – Association of Inland Navigation Authorities
AMP – Asset Management Plan
AMS – Abstraction Management Strategy
ANT – Avon Navigation Trust
AOD – Above Ordnance Datum
AONB – Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
APCO – Association of Pleasure Craft Operators
AWCC – Association of Waterways Cruising Clubs
BA – The Broads Authority
BAP – Biodiversity Action Plan
BC – Borough Council / British Canoeing
BCA – Basingstoke Canal Authority
BCN – Birmingham Canal Navigations
BCNS – Birmingham Canal Navigations Society
BCS – Buckingham Canal Society / Basingstoke Canal Society
BCU – British Canoe Union (now British Canoeing)
BMF – British Marine Federation (now British Marine)
BSS – Boat Safety Scheme
BTCV – British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (now The Conservation Volunteers)
BW – British Waterways (now Canal & River Trust)
C&HN – Calder & Hebble Navigation
CAF – Charities Aid Foundation
CAMS – Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy
CBA – Canal Boatbuilders Association / Community Boats Association
CBOA – Commercial Boat Operators Association
CC – County Council
CCPR – Central Council for Physical Recreation (now the Sport and Recreation Alliance)
CCT – Cotswold Canals Trust / Chesterfield Canal Trust / Chichester Ship Canal Trust
CCW – Countryside Council for Wales
CDM – Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
CIRIA – Construction Industry Research and Information Association
CMP – Catchment Management Plan
CNS – Calder Navigation Society
COIF – Charities Official Investment Fund
COLREGS – International regulations for preventing collisions at sea
COSHH – Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations
CPRE – Council for the Protection of Rural England
CRB – Canal & Riverboat magazine
CRT – Canal & River Trust
cSAC – candidate Special Area of Conservation
DBA – Dutch Barge Association (also known as DBA – The Barge Association)
DBT – Department for Business and Trade
DC – District Council
DCMS – Department for Media, Culture & Sport
DCT – Droitwich Canals Trust (now closed down)
DEFRA – Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DESNZ – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
DN – Driffield Navigation
DNAA – Driffield Navigation Amenities Association (now closed down)
DTI – the former Department of Trade & Industry (now DBT and DESNZ)
EA – Environment Agency
EAF – Environment Action Fund
EAWA – East Anglian Waterways Association
EBA – European Boating Association / Electric Boat Association
EC – European Community
ECPDA – Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association
EH – English Heritage
ERSTU – European River Sea Transport Union
ETRAC – Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee
EU – European Union
F & GP – IWA’s Finance & General Purposes Committee (now Finance Committee)
FCCS – Forth & Clyde Canal Society
FFG – Freight Facilities Grant
FWAG – Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
GCBS – General Council for British Shipping
GCRS – Grantham Canal Restoration Society (now Grantham Canal Society)
GCS – Grantham Canal Society
GDO – General Development Order
GMDSS – Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
GOBA – Great Ouse Boating Association
GUC – Grand Union Canal
H&GCT – Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust
HCS – Huddersfield Canal Society
HLF – Heritage Lottery Fund
HNBC – Historic Narrow Boat Club
HNBOC – Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club (now changed to HNBC)
HSE – Health and Safety Executive
IDB – Internal Drainage Board
INA – International Navigation Association
IPC – Integrated Pollution Control
IWA – The Inland Waterways Association
IWAC – The Inland Waterways Advisory Council (1st April 2007 until 2nd Aug 2012, now closed)
IWAAC – The Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council (until 31st March 2007)
IWAI – Inland Waterways Association of Ireland
IWFG – IWA’s Inland Waterways Freight Group
IWI – Inland Waterways International
IWPS – Inland Waterways Protection Society (now Bugsworth Basin Heritage Trust, in process of closing down)
K&ACT – Kennet & Avon Canal Trust
LA21 – Local Agenda 21
LAMS – Local Abstraction Management Strategy
LANT – Lower Avon Navigation Trust (now merged with UANT to form Avon Navigation Trust)
LCT – Lancaster Canal Trust / Lapal Canal Trust
L&HCRT – Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust
L&L – Leeds & Liverpool Canal
LLCS – Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society
LEAP – Local Environment Agency Plan (no longer current)
LNR – Local Nature Reserve
LPG – liquefied petroleum gas
LRA – London Rivers Association
LUCS – Linlithgow Union Canal Society
MAFF – (the former) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
MB&ACT – Monmouthshire, Brecon & Abergavenny Canals Trust
MB&BCS – Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society
MCA – Maritime and Coastguard Agency
MLC – Middle Level Commissioners
MoU – Memorandum of Understanding
MSCC – Manchester Ship Canal Company
MWRT – Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust
NABO – National Association of Boat Owners
nb – narrow boat
NBS – National Boat Shows Ltd
NCVO – National Council for Voluntary Organisations
NFA – National Federation of Anglers
NGO – Non-Governmental Organisation
NINF – National Inland Navigation Forum
NNR – National Nature Reserve
NRA – National Rivers Authority (now part of Environment Agency)
NT – The National Trust
NWRDF – IWA’s National Waterway Restoration & Development Fund (no longer in existence)
OUCS – Old Union Canals Society
PCAS – Pocklington Canal Amenity Society
PIANC – Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses
PLA – Port of London Authority
PPG – Planning Policy Guidance / Pollution Prevention Guidelines
PWG – Parliamentary Waterways Group
R&D – research and development
RBOA – Residential Boat Owners Association
RCD – Recreational Craft Directive
RCHS – Railway & Canal Historical Society
Res Com – IWA’s former Restoration Committee
RFERAC – Regional Fisheries Ecology & Recreation Advisory Committee (EA – now abolished)
RLT – Ribble Link Trust
RoSPA – Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
RQO – river quality objective
RSPB – Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
RST – River Stour Trust
RYA – Royal Yachting Association
S&HCS – Surrey & Hants Canal Society (now the Basingstoke Canal Society)
S&SYN – Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
S&WCS – Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society
SAC – Special Area of Conservation
SAM – Scheduled Ancient Monument
SCARS – Sankey Canal Restoration Society
SEPA – Scottish Environment Protection Agency
SIWA – Scottish Inland Waterways Association (now closed down)
SNCI – Site of Nature Conservation Importance
SNH – Scottish National Heritage
SNRT – Severn Navigation Restoration Trust
SOLAS – The international saving of life at sea regulations
SPA – Special Protection Area
SSSI – Site of Special Scientific Interest
STW – Sewage Treatment Works
SUCS – Shropshire Union Canal Society
T&MCS – Trent & Mersey Canal Society
TAG – Towpath Action Group (now closed down) / Track Access Grant
TBA – The Boating Association (formerly Trent Boating Association)
TBTA – Thames Boating Trades Association
THCA – Thames Hire Cruiser Association
TT – Towpath Talk (published by Moretons Media)
TWT – The Waterways Trust
UANT – Upper Avon Navigation Trust (now merged with LANT to form the Avon Navigation Trust)
UK – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
VAT – value added tax
VHF – very high frequency
VTS – Vessel Traffic Services
WACT – Wey & Arun Canal Trust
WAT – Wendover Arm Trust
WBCT – Wilts & Berks Canal Trust
WLMP – Water Level Management Plan
WRG – Waterway Recovery Group
WfA – Waterways for All
WfY – Waterways for Youth
WoW – Wild over Waterways
WW – Waterways World magazine
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