New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROADS (GENERAL) REGULATION 2000 - REG 51

51 Passing through opening bridges

(1) The master of the vessel must not cause or allow the vessel to approach within 100 metres (or, if the Waterways Authority has determined a greater distance for a particular bridge, that greater distance) of the bridge until the bridge open signal is given.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2) After a bridge has been opened to allow a vessel to pass through, the master of the vessel:

(a) must give the bridge operator the ready to pass through signal, and

(b) after doing so, must take the vessel through the bridge without delay.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3) If the vessel is not ready to pass through the bridge within 15 minutes after the bridge is opened, the bridge operator:

(a) may replace the bridge open signal with the request acknowledged signal, and

(b) after doing so, may close the bridge.