New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

BOATING (SAFETY EQUIPMENT) REGULATION--N.S.W. - REG 2

2 Definitions

In this Regulation, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"Act" means the Maritime Services Act 1935 .
"Buoyancy vest" means a personal flotation device that complies with the requirements set out in Schedule 1 in relation to buoyancy vests.
"Class A vessel" means a vessel less than 5 metres in length not being a tender, canoe, kayak or personal watercraft.
"Class B vessel" means a vessel less than 8 metres in length but not less than 5 metres in length not being a canoe, kayak or personal watercraft.
"Class C vessel" means a vessel less than 12 metres in length but not less than 8 metres in length not being a canoe, kayak or personal watercraft.
"Class D vessel" means a vessel not less than 12 metres in length.
"Enclosed waters" means any port or inland navigable waters in New South Wales.
"Fuel" means any solid, liquid or gaseous matter intended for use as fuel in powering a vessel or carrying out any function on a vessel.
"Length", in relation to a vessel, means length, overall.
"Lifejacket" means a lifejacket or personal flotation device that complies with the requirements set out in Schedule 1 in relation to lifejackets.
"Open vessel" means a vessel that has no part of, or not more than one-quarter of, the area between its gunwales permanently covered so as to hinder water from entering the vessel.
"Open waters" means navigable waters which are not enclosed waters.
"Personal watercraft" means a power-driven vessel that:

(a) has a fully enclosed hull, and

(b) does not retain water taken on if it capsizes, and

(c) is designed to be operated by a person standing, sitting astride or kneeling on the vessel but not seated within the vessel.

(a) the shore and a vessel not more than 300 metres from the shore, or

(b) vessels none of which is more than 300 metres from the shore.