The Boat Safety Scheme Ltd (BSS) is a public safety initiative helping to protect people, property and environments across the UK’s inland waterways. A not-for-profit company, working with navigation and harbour authorities to reduce the risks of boat fires, explosions, carbon monoxide poisoning, and pollution. Navigation and harbour authorities use the BSS to help develop a set of national minimum legal safety requirements, and to run an examination service to verify that each boat registered with the navigation authority meets the requirements. This is the Boat Safety Scheme Examination and if the boat meets the requirements, the BSS Examiner will create a Boat Safety Scheme Certification in our database. It will be valid for four years. Boat Safety Examinations can be undertaken in accordance with the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS). We cover the Severn side area from the Bristol area along the G&S canal and the lower reaches of the Severn and Avon rivers.