New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PORTS AND MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 4

4 Meaning of “vessel”

(1) In this Act, "vessel" includes water craft of any description used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

(2) Without limiting the above, a vessel includes:

(a) any non-displacement craft, and

(b) a seaplane, but only while it is on water, and

(c) anything used on water that is declared by the regulations to be a vessel.

(3) However, a vessel does not include anything that is declared by the regulations not to be a vessel.