Marine Safety (General) Exemption Amendment (Tow Rope Length) Order 2010 (NSW)

2010 No 275

New South Wales

Marine Safety (General) Exemption

Amendment (Tow Rope Length) Order

2010

under the

Marine Safety (General) Regulation 2009

The Maritime Authority of NSW, in pursuance of clause 98 of the Marine Safety
(General) Regulation 2009, makes the following Order.
Dated, this 17th day of June 2010.

STEVE DUNN Chief Executive Maritime Authority of NSW

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Clause 1	2010

Marine Safety (General) Exemption Amendment (Tow

Rope Length) Order 2010

under the

Marine Safety (General) Regulation 2009

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Marine Safety (General) Exemption Amendment (Tow
Rope Length) Order 2010.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Marine Safety (General) Exemption Order 2009

Insert after clause 5:

6      Exemption from tow rope requirements—training bars

(1)  The operator of a power-driven vessel is exempt from the
requirement in clause 35 of the Regulation if:

(a)

the tow rope used to tow a person is a training bar, and

(b)

the person, while being towed, is:

(i)	learning how to barefoot ski or use a water ski or similar device, and
(ii)	at least one metre from the side of the vessel, and

(iii) at least one metre forward of the vessel’s exhaust port.

(2)

In this clause, training bar means a metal bar or pole that:

(a)	is fitted to a vessel and extends perpendicular to the centreline of the vessel, and
(b)	can be held directly by a person being towed or by means of a short rope.