Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGABLE WATERS REGULATIONS 1958 - REG 46A

46A .         Personal flotation devices

        (1)         In this Part, where a personal flotation device of a particular type is described as an appropriate personal flotation device, an equivalent or a higher buoyancy personal flotation device defined in regulation 46(2) is also appropriate for the particular circumstance.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Part —

            (a)         a Level 100, a Level 150, a Level 275 and a SOLAS jacket all have a buoyancy equivalent to or higher than a PFD Type 1; and

            (b)         a Level 50, a Level 100, a Level 150, a Level 275 and a SOLAS jacket all have a buoyancy equivalent to or higher than a PFD Type 2; and

            (c)         a Level 50S, a Level 100, a Level 150, a Level 275 and a SOLAS jacket all have a buoyancy equivalent to or higher than a PFD Type 3; and

            (d)         a PFD Type 3 has a buoyancy equivalent to a PFD Type 2.

        [Regulation 46A inserted in Gazette 27 Aug 2010 p. 4114.]

[Heading deleted in Gazette 1 Jul 1983 p. 2263.]