Grade 1 water
- AALS Inspector Guidance Note
- IGN 6.07 (was C/Int 35)
- Review Date:
- 04/2013
- Version Number:
- 1
- Date:
- 06/04/2010
Issue: When is Grade 1 water potentially licensable?
1. The Guidance from the Licensing Authority (L77) states that Grade 1 Water is normally exempt from licensing.
2. However, the top end of the grade may still be licensable.
3. The following examples illustrate situations where it may be licensable:
- If the instructor cannot paddle back up stream it is licensable (applies particularly to shallows and above weirs);
- If the instructor cannot easily walk or wade across shallows because of the flow of water (to solve a problem, for example) then it is licensable.
N.B. neither of these examples works in reverse, e.g. just because the instructor can paddle upstream does not mean it is
not licensable.
