South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations122—Obligations of person towed by vessel
(1) No more than
1 prescribed device may be towed by a vessel at any one time.
(2) No more than
3 persons may be towed by a vessel (whether on a prescribed device or
not) at any one time.
(3) A person who is
being towed by a vessel must wear a lifejacket level 50 or lifejacket
level 50S.
(4) A person must not
be towed by a vessel between sunset and sunrise.
(5) A person must
not be towed by a vessel unless another person (the "observer") on the vessel
is continuously observing the person being towed and giving such directions to
the operator of the vessel as may be necessary to prevent injury or risk of
injury to the person being towed or to other persons.
(6) The observer must
not be the operator of the vessel.
(7) Either—
(a) both
the operator of the vessel and the observer must be not less than
16 years of age; or
(b) the
observer must hold a special permit issued under regulation 73 and the
operator of the vessel must be not less than 18 years of age.
(8) The CE may,
subject to such conditions as the CE thinks fit, exempt a person from any of
the requirements of this regulation.
(9) If this regulation
is contravened, the operator of the vessel, each person being towed by the
vessel (whether or not on a device), and the observer (if any) are each guilty
of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(10) In this
regulation—
"prescribed device" means a device (whether inflatable or otherwise)—
(a) that
is designed, constructed or adapted to be towed behind a vessel while carrying
a person or persons; and
(b) the
direction of which is not capable of being effectively controlled by a person
being so towed.
Example—
Examples of a prescribed device include an inner tube or a device commonly
known as a donut.
Examples of items that are not prescribed devices include water skis,
kneeboards and wakeboards.