Victorian Current Acts

MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 - SECT 4

For the purposes of this Act, a close quarters situation is a situation where—

        (a)     at least 2 vessels pass within proximity of each other such that a reasonable person would in all the circumstances conclude there was a risk of collision by those vessels;

        (b)     one vessel passes within proximity of an object such that a reasonable person would in all the circumstances conclude there was a risk of collision by that vessel with that object.

S. 4A inserted by No. 36/2013 s. 25, substituted by No. 55/2017 s. 5.