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MOORING REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 6

6 .         Use of mooring sites

        (1)         A person must not secure a vessel, or allow it to remain secured, to a mooring on a mooring site in a mooring control area unless —

            (a)         a licence granted under section 65 of the Western Australian Marine Act 1982 is in force in respect of the mooring site;

            (b)         if the licence was granted after the coming into operation of these regulations, the vessel is authorised under regulation 24 or 26 to be secured to that mooring, or is a tender of that vessel; and

            (c)         if the licence was granted after the coming into operation of these regulations and the vessel is not —

                  (i)         registered under the Navigable Waters Regulations 1958   2 ; or

                  (ii)         a tender,

                the vessel exhibits, so that it is clearly visible from the exterior of the vessel, identification issued under these regulations for that vessel.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (2)         A person must not secure a vessel, or allow it to remain secured, to —

            (a)         a mooring to which a vessel is already secured; or

            (b)         a vessel that is secured to a mooring,

                on a mooring site in respect of which a mooring licence is in force.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (3)         Subregulation (2) does not apply so as to prohibit a tender from being secured to another vessel.

        (4)         In this regulation —

        tender means an auxiliary vessel that —

            (a)         is not more than 3.1 metres in length;

            (b)         is propelled by motored power not exceeding 3.73 kilowatts;

            (c)         is marked in accordance with regulation 45A(3) of the Navigable Waters Regulations 1958   2 or is registered under those regulations; and

            (d)         is used as a life boat or means of transportation between the parent vessel and the shore, or for both those purposes, but for no other purpose.



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