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MARINE SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATION 2009 - REG 6

Restrictions on making distress signals

6 Restrictions on making distress signals

(1) A person on board a vessel, or in the vicinity of any navigable waters, must not use distress signalling equipment or make any distress signal, except for the purpose of indicating distress.
(2) A person must not, without proper cause, display or make any light or other visual signal, or any sound signal, that is used as a warning or guide to vessels.
(3) The operator of a vessel must ensure that each person on board the vessel complies with this clause.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.



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