Navigable Waters Amendment Regulations (No. 6) 2008 (WA)

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 9 January 2009

MARINE/MARITIME

A1X301*

Western Australian Marine Act 1982

Navigable Waters Amendment Regulations

(No. 6) 2008

Regulations 1958.

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1. Citation

These regulations are the Navigable Waters Amendment Regulations (No. 6) 2008.
2.	Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

1. Regulations amended

   These regulations amend the Navigable Waters

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4.            Regulation 45B amended

In regulation 45B(7):

(a) in paragraph (a) delete "a vessel other than a yacht which is or may be propelled by mechanical power," and insert:

not a vessel to which paragraph (b) or (c) applies,

(b) in paragraph (b)(v) delete "slanting." and insert:

slanting;

(c) after paragraph (b) insert:

and

(c) where the vessel is a personal watercraft, the registration number allotted to the vessel is legibly marked on each side of the vessel in accordance with the following provisions -

(i)      the number shall be positioned so as to be easily visible;

(ii)      each digit of the number shall be not less than 100 millimetres in height, and not less than 25 millimetres in width;

(iii) not white, each digit of the number shall

where the background of each digit is 7 millimetres in width;

(iv)      each digit of the number shall be of plain block design and not script and be vertical and not slanting.

5.            Regulation 46 amended

In regulation 46(2) in the definition of personal watercraft in paragraph (b) delete:

by means of handlebars

By Command of the Governor,

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