Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

MOORING REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 6A

6A .         Use of temporary anchors in mooring control area

        (1)         A person must not, in a mooring control area —

            (a)         secure a vessel, or allow it to remain secured to any gear other than a mooring for a period of more than 6 hours; or

            (b)         otherwise anchor a vessel, or allow it to remain anchored, for a period of more than 6 hours,

                unless the vessel is manned for the whole of the period it is so secured or anchored.        

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply so as to prohibit —

            (a)         a tender, as defined in regulation 6(4), from being secured to another vessel; or

            (b)         the vessel being secured or anchored in the event of an emergency.

        [Regulation 6A inserted in Gazette 26 May 2006 p. 1879‑80.]