New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

MARINE SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATION 2009 - REG 8

8 Requirements for keeping all parts of the body within a vessel when underway

(1) The operator of a power-driven vessel must not permit any person on board the vessel to extend any part of that person’s body outside the perimeter of the vessel while the engine of the vessel is turned on.

(2) A person on board a power-driven vessel must not extend any part of the person’s body outside the perimeter of the vessel while the engine of the vessel is turned on.

(3) The operator of a power-driven vessel that is making way must not permit any person to sit on, ride on or hang onto a swim ladder, swim platform or transom attached to the vessel, except with the written approval of the Maritime Authority.

(4) A person on board a power-driven vessel that is making way must not sit on, ride on or hang onto a swim ladder, swim platform or transom attached to the vessel, except with the written approval of the Maritime Authority.

(5) This clause does not apply to a person who is:

(a) anchoring, fishing, mooring or casting off, or

(b) involved in any activity relating to securing the safety of any person or property, or

(c) the operator of, or a passenger on, a personal watercraft.

(6) In this clause, a reference to a vessel making way is a reference to the vessel being underway and propelled by the vessel’s machinery.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.