Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The owner of a
vessel must ensure that the vessel, while being navigated outside protected
waters, is equipped with the following distress signals —
(a) not
less than —
(i)
2 red hand held flares; or
(ii)
2 parachute distress rockets;
and
(b) not
less than —
(i)
2 hand held orange smoke signals; or
(ii)
one orange smoke canister.
(1a) The owner of a
vessel that proceeds more than 5 nautical miles from the mainland, or more
than one nautical mile from an island situated more than 5 nautical miles from
the mainland, must ensure that the vessel is equipped with the following
distress signals —
(a) not
less than 2 parachute distress rockets; and
(b) not
less than —
(i)
2 hand held orange smoke signals; or
(ii)
one orange smoke canister.
(2) The parachute
distress rockets required by subregulations (1)(a)(ii) and (1a)(a) must
comply with the Marine Orders Part 25 (Commonwealth).
(2AA) The other
distress signals required by subregulations (1) and (1a) must comply
with —
(a) the
Marine Orders Part 25 (Commonwealth); or
(b)
Australian Standard 2092‑2004 Pyrotechnic marine distress flares and
signals for pleasure craft published by Standards Australia on
10 May 2004.
(2a)
Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to —
(a) a
personal watercraft; or
(b) a
sailboard,
being used within 400
metres of any shore.
(3) An owner who
contravenes this regulation commits an offence.
[Regulation 52B inserted in Gazette
22 Aug 1975 p. 3044; amended in Gazette 11 May 1990
p. 2283; 31 Dec 1993 p. 6913‑14;
24 Apr 1998 p. 2164; 24 Oct 2008 p. 4670;
11 Dec 2009 p. 5059.]