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MARINE REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 180 OF 2009) - REG 236

Exemption from safety equipment requirements

    (1)     The Director may, by notice published in the Government Gazette, exempt any person or any class of persons in respect of any vessel or any class of vessels from the requirements of regulation 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234 or  235.

    (2)     The Director may impose conditions on an exemption relating to all or any of the following—

        (a)     specifying the type of vessel to which the exemption applies;

        (b)     specifying the activity that the vessel is engaged in;

        (c)     requiring the occupants of the vessel to wear particular equipment or devices;

        (d)     requiring the vessel to be used for particular purposes;

        (e)     specifying the length of the vessel;

        (f)     specifying the items of equipment to which the exemption applies;

        (g)     specifying items of equipment that must be carried on board the vessel;

        (h)     specifying the procedures that are to be put in place for the protection and safety of participants in, or observers of, the activity;

              (i)     specifying any other matters considered necessary by the Director.

    (3)     A person must comply with any conditions that apply to exemptions given under this regulation.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.



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