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Q: On cruise A822 "Round Britain", they have closed the on-board casino due to "local regulations" but that it will reopen after departing South Queensferry.

How can local regulations change when you're just going around the British Isles? There is no change in jurisdiction between Invergordon and South Queensferry, so why not open after Invergordon, or Glasgow for that matter?

When did these "local regulations" come into force, and why was no-one told in the brochure that this would be this case? It's one of our major sources of entertainment, which has been taken away with notice or recompense.

Can anyone help?

Submitted by:Moss, Edinburgh on 6th Jul 2008
Subject: British Isles

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Answer by Burrows, Southampton (08 Jul 08 18:52) to a QUESTION by Moss (06 Jul 08 18:05)

The question is a little confused, if not only by the fact that I think you are actually on the cruise at the moment, aren't you? The answer to you question is quite simple. After leaving South Queensferry, the ship spends a day at sea before reaching Le Havre in France. This obviously gives the ship the opportunity to leave British territorial waters and the "local regulations"! Happy cruising.

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Answer by Wilba, N (07 Jul 08 08:28) to a QUESTION by Moss (06 Jul 08 18:05)

I'm guessing here, but isn't it about the 3 mile territorial waters rule? If the ship remains within 3 mile of the coast then the rules of that country apply. Maybe someone with a nautical background can comment.

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Comment by BLYTH, Dundee (07 Jul 08 10:08) about an ANSWER by Wilba (07 Jul 08 08:28)

The 3 miles is actually 12 so for most or all of its travels around the UK the ship will be within UK territorial waters so no casino when this is happening not sure even if the duty free shops on board the ship can open. Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea[1], is a belt of coastal waters extending at most twelve nautical miles from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state.