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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE REGULATION 2009 - REG 59

Definitions

59 Definitions

In this Division:
"aircraft" means any airborne craft, including a fixed wing craft, helicopter, gyrocopter, glider, hang glider, hot air balloon or airship.
"calf" means a whale or dolphin that is not more than half the length of an adult of the same species.
"caution zone" for a marine mammal means an area around the mammal of a radius of the following:

(a) for a dolphin (including a calf)-150 metres,
(b) for a whale (including a calf)-300 metres.
"cetacean" means an animal of the order Cetacea.
"constant slow speed", in relation to a marine mammal or group of marine mammals that is being approached, means a speed of approach to the marine mammal or group that is constant, slow and leaves negligible wake.
"dolphin" means an animal of the family Delphinidae or the family Phocoenidae.
"operate" a vessel includes:
(a) to determine or exercise control over the course or direction of the vessel or over the means of propulsion of the vessel (whether or not the vessel is underway), and
(b) to pilot the vessel.
"prohibited vessel" means a vessel that is a personal motorised water craft (for example, a jet ski), parasail, hovercraft, wing-in-ground effect craft or a motorised diving aid (for example, a motorised underwater scooter) and includes a remotely operated craft (for example, a remote controlled speed boat).
"pup" means a seal or sea lion that is not more than half the length of an adult of the same species.
"swimming" includes snorkelling or diving.
"vehicle" means a motor car, motor carriage, motor cycle, or other apparatus propelled on land wholly or partly by volatile spirit, steam, gas, oil or electricity or a bicycle.
"vessel" includes a water craft of any description that is used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water but does not include an aircraft that is capable of landing on water.
"whale" means a cetacean other than a dolphin.



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