Protocol for duty to assist referrals
Cranston Inquiry · The Cranston Inquiry Report · Issued 5 February 2026 · Addressed to: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
HM Coastguard and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency should establish a protocol for referrals by HM Coastguard to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's regulatory compliance investigations team, identifying the threshold for making a referral on a potential breach by a vessel of the duty to render assistance, the information to be communicated and how the numbers of referrals are to be annually reported.
Cranston Inquiry, The Cranston Inquiry Report · 5 Feb 2026 Source PDF →
Response — verbatim from government
●No formal government response recorded
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Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 5 Feb 2026 Awaiting government response. Report published 5 February 2026.
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