Victorian Numbered Regulations

MARINE REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 180 OF 2009) - REG 235

    (1)     The person operating a recreational vessel must not allow the vessel to start a voyage until each person on board complies—

        (a)     with regulation 231 or 233 (as the case may be); or

        (b)     with regulation 232, if a time of heightened risk exists.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.

    (2)     If a time of heightened risk arises while the vessel is underway, the person operating the vessel must take all reasonable steps to ensure that each person on board complies with regulation 232.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.

    (3)     The person operating a recreational vessel must not allow the vessel to start towing a person unless the person is wearing a personal flotation device.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.

    (4)     In this regulation, time of heightened risk has the same meaning as it has in regulation 232(2).