New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARITIME SERVICES ACT 1935 - SECT 13SA

13SA Speed limits of vessels within navigable waters

(1) The Board may, by notification published in the Gazette, limit the speed of vessels within navigable waters.

(2) Any such notification may apply:

(a) to vessels generally, to any class or classes of vessels specified in the notification or to vessels other than vessels of a class or of classes so specified,

(b) to navigable waters generally, to any navigable waters specified in the notification or to navigable waters other than navigable waters so specified, and

(c) at all times or at such times as may be specified in the notification.

(3) For the purposes of any such notification, vessels may be classified by reference to their size, the method of their propulsion, the purpose for which they are used or such other circumstance as may be specified in the notification.

(4) If any vessel to which any such notification applies exceeds the speed specified in the notification, the master of the vessel shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 2 penalty units.

(5) Nothing in this section affects any power to regulate or control the navigation or other use of vessels conferred on the Board or any officer of the Board by this Act or by any other Act, by-law, regulation or rule with the administration of which the Board is charged.