Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGABLE WATERS REGULATIONS 1958 - REG 48

48 .         Limitation of speed

                Subject to regulation 48A a person shall not, in any navigable waters, drive a motor boat at a speed exceeding 8 knots, water ski or para‑sail — 

            (a)         without the approval of the department — 

                  (i)         in any water having a depth of less than 3 metres; or

                  (ii)         within 45 metres of a river bank or low water mark;

            (b)         in or through a mooring area;

            (c)         within 15 metres of a vessel under way;

            (d)         within 45 metres of — 

                  (i)         a moored vessel;

        [(ii)         deleted]

                  (iii)         a person in the water; or

                  (iv)         a jetty or wharf;

                or

            (e)         through an arch of a bridge.

        [Regulation 48 inserted in Gazette 19 Dec 1962 p. 4015; amended in Gazette 9 Feb 1970 p. 377; 22 Dec 1972 p. 4778; 14 Feb 1975 p. 572; 28 Aug 1992 p. 4241; 10 Feb 2006 p. 675.]