I’ve been following these threads for a while but having done a bit of research (5 minutes of googling) into Loch Lomond’s byelaws, thought I’d sign up to share. The byelaw is really long so I won’t copy and paste it here, but in summary you need a suitable life jacket no matter how old you are, so the Inghams have definitely broken this byelaw. Wikipedia has kindly informed me of the punishments for breaking byelaws in the UK:
“Breaches of byelaws are prosecuted in a
magistrates' court or
Justice of the Peace Courts in Scotland. The punishment is a fine, the maximum being generally between £500 and £2,500.”
On another note, I feel so bad for those kids. Their parents can’t accept responsibility for anything, so when the inevitable issues arise later in life for all of the kids after how they’ve been brought up/the actions of their parents, there’s no way Chris and Sarah will admit that they messed up and the kids will feel like they did something wrong.