Victorian Consolidated Regulations

MARINE SAFETY REGULATIONS 2023 - SCHEDULE 4

Schedule 4—Lifejackets to be worn on recreational vessels and hire and drive vessels

Table A—Lifejackets to be worn on certain recreational vessels and hire and drive vessels on coastal waters

Regulations 66(1), 68(1), 70(1)

Column 1 Item number	Column 2 Vessel type	Column 3 Lifejacket requirements for coastal waters—new standard	Column 4 Lifejacket requirements for coastal waters—old standard
1	Powerboat up to and including 4·8 metres in length	Level 100 plus lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket
2	Personal watercraft	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket
3	Recreational tender	Level 100 plus lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket
4	Off-the-beach sailing yacht	Level 100 plus lifejacket or, if vessel is located within 2 nautical miles from the coast, level 50 lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket or, if vessel is located within 2 nautical miles from the coast, type 2 lifejacket
5	Kiteboard or sailboard	Level 100 plus lifejacket or level 50 lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket or type 2 lifejacket
6	Canoe, kayak, rowing boat, raft, stand up paddleboard, pedal boat or funboat	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket

Table B—Lifejackets to be worn on certain recreational vessels and hire and drive vessels on enclosed waters

Regulations 66(2), 68(2), 70(1)

Column 1 Item number	Column 2 Vessel type	Column 3 Lifejacket requirements for enclosed waters—new standard	Column 4 Lifejacket requirements for enclosed waters—old standard
1	Powerboat up to and including 4·8 metres in length	Level 100 plus lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket
2	Personal watercraft	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket
3	Recreational tender	Level 100 plus lifejacket or level 50 lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket or type 2 lifejacket
4	Off-the-beach sailing yacht	Level 100 plus lifejacket or level 50 lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket or type 2 lifejacket
5	Kiteboard or sailboard	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket
6	Canoe, kayak, rowing boat, raft, stand up paddleboard, pedal boat or funboat	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket

Table C—Lifejackets to be worn on certain recreational vessels and hire and drive vessels on inland waters

Regulations 66(3), 68(3), 70(1)

Column 1 Item number	Column 2 Vessel type	Column 3 Lifejacket requirements for inland waters—new standard	Column 4 Lifejacket requirements for inland waters—old standard
1	Powerboat up to and including 4·8 metres in length	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket
2	Personal watercraft	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket
3	Recreational tender	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket
4	Off-the-beach sailing yacht	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket
5	Kiteboard or sailboard	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket
6	Canoe, kayak, rowing boat, raft, stand up paddleboard, pedal boat or funboat	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket

Table D—Lifejackets to be worn on certain recreational vessels and hire and drive vessels on coastal waters

Regulations 67(1), 68(1), 70(2)

Column 1 Item number	Column 2 Vessel type	Column 3 Lifejacket requirements for coastal waters—new standard	Column 4 Lifejacket requirements for coastal waters—old standard
1	Powerboat more than 4·8 metres but not more than 12 metres in length	Level 100 plus lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket
2	Yacht	Level 100 plus lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket

Table E—Lifejackets to be worn on certain recreational vessels and hire and drive vessels on enclosed waters

Regulations 67(2), 68(2), 70(2)

Column 1 Item number	Column 2 Vessel type	Column 3 Lifejacket requirements for enclosed waters—new standard	Column 4 Lifejacket requirements for enclosed waters—old standard
1	Powerboat more than 4·8 metres but not more than 12 metres in length	Level 100 plus lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket
2	Yacht	Level 100 plus lifejacket or level 50 lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket or type 2 lifejacket

Table F—Lifejackets to be worn on certain recreational vessels and hire and drive vessels on inland waters

Regulations 67(3), 68(3), 70(2)

Column 1 Item number	Column 2 Vessel type	Column 3 Lifejacket requirements for inland waters—new standard	Column 4 Lifejacket requirements for inland waters—old standard
1	Powerboat more than 4·8 metres but not more than 12 metres in length	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket
2	Yacht	Level 100 plus lifejacket, level 50 lifejacket or level 50S lifejacket	Type 1 lifejacket, type 2 lifejacket or type 3 lifejacket

Schedule 5—Search and seizure warrant

Regulation 82

Court Ref.

This warrant is issued for the purpose of searching for and seizing the recreational vessel described.

Description of vessel authorised for seizure:

    •     Identification mark (if known):

    •     Hull identification number (if known):

    •     Make, model, type and colour of vessel:

Premises which may be searched for vessel:

Number and name of street and suburb or other description of premises:

Grounds for issue of warrant:

Reasonable grounds for believing that recreational vessel described above—

    □     is

    □     may be within the next 72 hours—

in or on the premises described.

This warrant is issued to the following member(s) of the police force—

    •     Name:

    •     Rank number:

    •     Agency and address:

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This warrant authorises the member(s) of the police force named, with the aid of any assistants considered reasonably necessary to achieve the purpose for which the warrant was issued, to—

    □     enter the premises described;

    □     use reasonable force to break into or open any structure on the premises described above that may store the vessel described;

    □     search for and seize the vessel described.

This warrant also authorises the member(s) of the police force named, or a person assisting that member or those members, to seize and impound or immobilise the vessel described in this warrant.

Nothing in this warrant authorises the seizure of property not described in this warrant or the arrest of a person.

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This warrant ceases to have effect if it is recalled and cancelled by the magistrate who issued it. If it is not recalled and cancelled, this warrant ceases to have effect at the end of one month after its issue or when it is executed, whichever occurs first.

The person who executes this warrant must announce that he or she is authorised by the warrant to enter the premises and must give any person at the premises an opportunity to allow entry to the premises before force is used to enter.

If the occupier is present at the premises where this warrant is being executed, the person executing the warrant must identify himself or herself to the occupier and give the occupier a copy of the warrant. If the occupier is not present at the premises where this warrant is being executed, the person executing the warrant must identify himself or herself to any other person at the premises and give that person a copy of the warrant.

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This warrant is issued under section 135 of the Marine Safety Act 2010 .

Issued at a.m./p.m. on / / at
by Magistrate.