Boating (Safety Equipment) Amendment Regulation 2008 (NSW)

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New South Wales

Boating (Safety Equipment)

Amendment Regulation 2008

under the

Maritime Services Act 1935

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Maritime Services Act 1935.

JOSEPH TRIPODI, M.P.,

Minister for Ports and Waterways

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Boating (Safety Equipment) Regulation— N.S.W. to change the requirements relating to the type of emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) to be carried on certain vessels.

This Regulation is made under the Maritime Services Act 1935, including section 38 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 37 of 28 March 2008, page 2469	Page 1
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Clause 1	Boating (Safety Equipment) Amendment Regulation 2008

Boating (Safety Equipment) Amendment Regulation

2008

under the

Maritime Services Act 1935

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Boating (Safety Equipment) Amendment
Regulation 2008.

2 Amendment of Boating (Safety Equipment) Regulation—N.S.W.

The Boating (Safety Equipment) Regulation—N.S.W. is amended by omitting from Schedule 1 the matter relating to Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) and by inserting instead the following matter:

Emergency position

Before 1 July 2008, an emergency position

indicating radio beacon

indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) that:

(EPIRB)

(a)	is suitable for marine use, and
(b)	complies with Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4330.1:2006 or Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4280.1:2003, and
(c)	has an operational frequency of 121.5/243.0 or 406 MHz, and
(d)	if it has an operational frequency of 406MHz, has been registered with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and has affixed to it a registration sticker from that Authority, and

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Boating (Safety Equipment) Amendment Regulation 2008 Clause 2

On and after 1 July 2008, an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) that:

(a)	is suitable for marine use, and
(b)	complies with Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4280.1:2003, and
(c)	has an operational frequency of 406 MHz, and
(d)	has been registered with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and has affixed to it a registration sticker from that Authority, and