Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGABLE WATERS REGULATIONS 1958 - REG 52BAB

52BAB .         Certain vessels must carry Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons

        (1A)         In this regulation —

        AS/NZS , followed by a designation means the Australian/New Zealand Standard having that designation that is jointly published by Standards Australia and the Standards Council of New Zealand;

        MS 241 means the Ministerial Standard for Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons, made by the Federal Minister under the Radiocommunications Act 1983 of the Commonwealth section 9;

        prescribed standard means —

            (a)         AS/NZS 4280.1:2003; or

            (b)         until 1 February 2009 — MS 241 or AS/NZS 4330:1995.

        (1)         The owner of a vessel that proceeds more than 2 nautical miles from the mainland, or more than 400 m from an island situated more than 2 nautical miles from the mainland, must ensure that the vessel is equipped with an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon that —

            (a)         complies with a prescribed standard; and

            (b)         is registered with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 of the Commonwealth section 5.

        (2)         Subject to subregulation (3), an owner who contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence.

        (3)         This regulation does not apply to the owner of a vessel while it is operating in the partially smooth waters of Fremantle Area‑Central and Fremantle Area‑North, as defined in Schedule 1 of the W.A. Marine (Certificates of Competency and Safety Manning) Regulations 1983 .

        [Regulation 52BAB inserted in Gazette 31 Dec 1993 p. 6914‑15; amended in Gazette 3 Apr 1998 p. 1990; 3 Apr 1998 p. 1991; 24 Jun 2008 p. 2892.]