Victorian Numbered Regulations

MARINE REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 180 OF 2009) - REG 408

    (1)     A person issued with a special identification plate or mark in accordance with regulation 407—

        (a)     must ensure at all times that the special identification plate or mark is displayed on the vessel for which the plate or mark has been issued; and

        (b)     must not use, or allow the vessel to be used, for any purposes other than—

              (i)     operating the vessel from place to place while the vessel is in the process of manufacture; or

              (ii)     operating the vessel from the place of manufacture to the place where it will be offered for sale; or

              (iii)     testing the vessel; or

              (iv)     demonstrating the vessel to a purchaser or prospective purchaser; or

              (v)     delivering the vessel for or after sale; or

              (vi)     carrying out repairs to the vessel; or

              (vii)     returning the vessel to its owner after it has been repaired; and

        (c)     must not allow the vessel to be operated by a person other than the manufacturer or dealer or a person employed by the manufacturer or dealer; and

        (d)     must ensure that the special identification plate or mark is fixed to the vessel where it can be easily seen with every letter, figure and symbol on the plate or mark upright and clearly distinguishable from a distance of at least 20 metres from the vessel; and

        (e)     must keep at the manufacturer's or dealer's office or place of business a record of the name and address of each person who operates the vessel.

Penalty:     4 penalty units.

    (2)     A manufacturer of or dealer in recreational vessels must not enter any particulars which he or she knows, or should reasonably know, to be false in any records kept under subregulation (1)(e).

Penalty:     4 penalty units.

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