South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations141—Vessels excluded from vicinity of vessels engaged in transfer of
petroleum
(1) Vessels are
prohibited from entering or remaining in waters within 1 nautical mile of
a vessel to which petroleum is being transferred from another vessel or from
which petroleum is being transferred to another vessel.
(2) The distance
referred to in subregulation (1) is to be measured from each point of the
outer edge of a vessel engaged in the transfer of petroleum or any anchor,
buoy or other equipment deployed from such a vessel.
(3) If a vessel enters
or remains in waters in contravention of this regulation, the owner and
operator of the vessel are each guilty of an offence (but it is a defence to a
charge of such an offence brought against the owner for the owner to prove
that the vessel was operated in the manner constituting the offence without
the owner's consent).
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(4) This regulation
does not apply to vessels used in connection with the operations of a vessel
engaged in the transfer of petroleum to or from another vessel.
(5) In this
regulation—
"petroleum" has the same meaning as in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy
Act 2000 .