South Australian Current Regulations

HARBORS AND NAVIGATION REGULATIONS 2023 - REG 83

83—Marking of vessel

        (1)         The CE must, on registering a vessel under this Subdivision, assign an identification mark to the vessel (if a mark has not already been assigned).

        (2)         The CE may, at any time on the CE's own initiative or on application by the registered owner of a vessel, assign a new identification mark in substitution for a mark previously assigned and, on doing so, must issue a new certificate of registration.

        (3)         An application for assignment of a new identification mark—

            (a)         must be made to the CE in a manner and form determined by the CE; and

            (b)         must be accompanied by—

                  (i)         such other information and records as the CE may reasonably require; and

                  (ii)         the fee (if any) fixed by Schedule 11.

        (4)         A vessel registered under this Subdivision must, as soon as practicable and in any event within 14 days of registration, have its identification mark painted or otherwise displayed as high as practicable on the outside of each bow, or in such other positions as are approved by the CE, as follows:

            (a)         the identification mark must be in a colour that contrasts with the surface on which it is painted or displayed;

            (b)         in the case of numbers included in the identification mark—the numbers must be in figures;

            (c)         all characters in the identification mark must be at least—

                  (i)         if the vessel is less than 3 m in length—100 mm in height; or

                  (ii)         if the vessel is 3 m or more in length—

                        (A)         in the case of a personal watercraft—100 mm in height; or

                        (B)         in any other case, subject to any determination of the CE to the contrary—150 mm in height;

            (d)         the identification mark must be clearly legible at a distance of not less than 50 m in clear weather conditions while the vessel is underway.

        (5)         If the identification mark of a vessel is substituted, the new mark must be displayed on the vessel in accordance with this regulation—

            (a)         if the reason for the substitution is a proposed transfer of ownership of the vessel—as soon as practicable but in any event before ownership of the vessel is transferred; or

            (b)         in any other case—as soon as practicable.

        (6)         A vessel must not be marked with—

            (a)         the identification mark of another vessel; or

            (b)         a mark that could be mistaken for an identification mark of another vessel.

        (7)         If a vessel is marked in contravention of subregulation (6), the owner of the vessel is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $750.

        (8)         If a vessel that is marked in contravention of subregulation (6) is operated in the jurisdiction, the operator of the vessel is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $750.