Navigable Waters Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2008 (WA)

21 June 2008 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2891

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Shipping and Pilotage Act 1967

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;

Navigable Waters Amendment Regulations

(No. 2) 2008

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in
Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Navigable Waters Amendment
Regulations (No. 2) 2008.

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows:

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(b) the rest of the regulations — on 1 February 2009.

3.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Navigable
Waters Regulations 1958.

4.            Regulation 52BAB amended

(1) Regulation 52BAB(1) and (la) are repealed and the following

subregulations are inserted instead

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

(2) Regulation 52BAB(2) is amended by deleting "this regulation"

and inserting instead —
" subregulation (1) ".

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor,

G. M. PIKE, Clerk of the Executive Council.