South Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

HARBORS AND NAVIGATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 97

97—Exemptions from section 55

        (1)         A vessel is not required to be registered and marked in accordance with these regulations if—

            (a)         —

                  (i)         the vessel is registered under the law of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth and is marked in accordance with that law; and

                  (ii)         not more than 90 days have passed since the day on which the vessel was first operated after being brought into the jurisdiction; or

            (b)         —

                  (i)         the vessel is owned by a person to whom the CEO has issued trade plates; and

                  (ii)         all conditions on which the trade plates have been issued by the CEO have been, and are being, complied with; and

                  (iii)         a pair of trade plates and a trade plate label issued by the CEO are affixed to the vessel in accordance with this Division.

        (2)         If the owner or operator of a vessel that is exempt under subregulation (1)(a) from the requirement to be registered is requested by an authorised person to produce satisfactory evidence of registration of the vessel under the law of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth, the owner or operator must produce that evidence either—

            (a)         forthwith to the person who made the request; or

            (b)         within 48 hours after the making of the request, at a police station or office of the department conveniently located for the owner or operator, specified by the authorised person at the time of making the request.

Maximum penalty: $750.

        (3)         In any legal proceedings, a document apparently signed by the Commissioner of Police and certifying that evidence has not been produced as required by this regulation is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof of the matter so certified.