Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) The owner of a hire and drive vessel must ensure that, when the vessel departs on a voyage on State waters, every person under the age of 10 years on that vessel is wearing a personal flotation device.
Penalty: 4 penalty units.
(2) The hirer of a hire and drive vessel must ensure that, when that vessel is underway on State waters, every person under the age of 10 years on the vessel is wearing a personal flotation device.
Penalty: 4 penalty units.
(3) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to a person under the age of 10 years who is within a deckhouse, a cabin, a half-cabin or a securely enclosed under-deck space on the vessel.