New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

WATER TRAFFIC REGULATIONS--N.S.W. - REG 15AA

15AA Conduct of personal watercraft at any speed or at night

(1) A person must not drive a personal watercraft on navigable waters:

(a) in a designated surf zone or a swimming area, or

(b) within 60 metres of such of the boundaries of the zone or area as run perpendicular to the shore.

(1A) The driver of a personal watercraft is guilty of an offence against this regulation if the driver drives the personal watercraft on any navigable waters at night (that is, between sunset and sunrise).

(1B) The owner of a personal watercraft is guilty of an offence against this regulation if the owner permits a person to drive the personal watercraft on any navigable waters at night (that is, between sunset and sunrise).

(1C) Clauses (1A) and (1B) do not apply to a personal watercraft that is being driven in accordance with the conditions of an aquatic licence.

(1D) Clauses (1A) and (1B) do not apply to any of the following:

(a) an officer, employee or member of staff of the Waterways Authority constituted by the Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Act 1995 acting in the course of his or her employment or duties,

(b) a police officer acting in the exercise of his or her duties,

(c) any other person or class of persons specified by order of the Minister published in the Gazette in circumstances so specified.

(2) The driver of a personal watercraft is guilty of an offence against this regulation if he or she engages in irregular driving on any navigable waters in the personal watercraft restriction zone that are within 200 metres of a river bank or shore.

(3) The driver of a personal watercraft is guilty of an offence against this regulation if he or she engages in irregular driving on any navigable waters outside the personal watercraft restriction zone that are within 200 metres of a river bank or shore, if one or more dwellings are:

(a) located on land within 200 metres of the river bank or shore adjacent to the waters, and

(b) visible from those waters.

(4) Clauses (2) and (3) do not apply to any of the following:

(a) the driver of a personal watercraft that is towing a water skier or aquaplaner,

(b) a person who is driving a personal watercraft in accordance with the conditions of an aquatic licence,

(c) an officer, employee or member of staff of the Waterways Authority constituted by the Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Act 1995 acting in the course of his or her employment or duties,

(d) a police officer acting in the exercise of his or her duties,

(e) any other person or class of persons specified by order of the Minister published in the Gazette in circumstances so specified.

(5) In this regulation:
"irregular driving" means driving a personal watercraft otherwise than generally in a straight line, and includes:

(a) driving in a circle or other pattern, and

(b) weaving or diverting, and

(c) surfing down, or jumping over or across, any swell, wave or wash,

but does not include making any necessary turn or diversion.
"personal watercraft restriction zone" means the waters (including any tributaries) of Avoca Lake, Botany Bay, Brisbane Water, Broken Bay, Bulbararing Lagoon, Cockrone Lagoon, Cooks River, Dee Why Lagoon, Georges River, Hawkesbury River, Manly Reservoir, Manly Lagoon, Narrabeen Lakes, Nepean River, Port Hacking, Prospect Reservoir, Terrigal Lagoon, Wamberal Lagoon and Woronora River (but does not include any waters off the coast).