Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGABLE WATERS REGULATIONS 1958 - REG 2

2 .         Terms used

                In these regulations, subject to the context — 

        authorised person means a person appointed under section 117(2) of the Western Australian Marine Act 1982 ;

        department means the department principally assisting the Minister in the administration of the Acts;

        diving means diving using compressed gas for breathing by means of either surface supplied breathing apparatus or self‑contained underwater breathing apparatus;

        inspector means a person appointed under section 117(1) of the Western Australian Marine Act 1982 ;

        motor boat means a vessel propelled by any means other than oars or sail and includes a speed boat and a sailing vessel which is equipped with propelling machinery and propelled by mechanical power;

        navigable waters means —

            (a)         the territorial sea adjacent to the State; and

            (b)         the sea on the landward side of the territorial sea adjacent to the State that is not within the limits of the State; and

            (c)         waters within the limits of the State on which any vessel or any type of marine craft can be navigated;

        officer of the department means an officer of the department and includes any Government officer or other person acting for or on behalf of or with the authority of the department;

        owner in relation to a vessel includes the master or person in charge of the vessel;

        protected waters means the waters contained in any lake, river or estuary, or by any breakwater, but does not include the waters of Cambridge Gulf or Lake Argyle;

        public jetty means public jetty as defined in the Jetties Act 1926 , section 3;

        speed boat means a motor boat designed for, or capable of, a speed in excess of 12 knots;

        territorial sea means the territorial sea determined under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Commonwealth);

        the Acts means the Shipping and Pilotage Act 1967 , the Jetties Act 1926 and the Western Australian Marine Act 1982 .

        [Regulation 2 amended in Gazette 19 Dec 1962 p. 4014; 23 Mar 1965 p. 900; 7 Jun 1972 p. 1721; 22 Dec 1972 p. 4777; 12 Jul 1974 p. 2624; 1 Jul 1983 p. 2263; 28 Aug 1992 p. 4239; 24 Apr 1998 p. 2161; 11 Mar 2003 p. 752; 24 Oct 2008 p. 4669‑70; 11 Dec 2009 p. 5059; 25 Nov 2011 p. 4873.]