Western Australian Current Regulations

MOORING REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 12

12 .         Mooring licence and registration of mooring site

        (1)         The Minister may grant a mooring licence —

            (a)         if the Minister is notified of acceptance of an offer; and

            (b)         if the applicant nominates a suitable vessel as the licensed vessel; and

            (c)         if the appropriate annual mooring licence fee specified in Schedule 3 item 4, 5, 6 or 7 is paid; and

            (d)         where there is a mooring on the mooring site — if the Minister has received satisfactory evidence that the applicant has acquired the mooring or that the applicant does not intend to acquire the mooring; and

            (e)         where the applicant has acquired the mooring — if the applicant has obtained and given to the Minister a mooring inspection report, as defined in regulation 20(1), that certifies that the mooring complies with —

                  (i)         the requirements specified in regulation 20(3)(a) to (d); and

                  (ii)         any other matter that the Minister requires to be certified for the purposes of this paragraph.

        (2)         If the Minister grants a mooring licence, the CEO must register the mooring site for which the licence is granted.

        (3)         A vessel is a suitable vessel for the purposes of subregulation (1)(b) if —

            (a)         the applicant is named on the certificate of registration of the vessel as the owner of that vessel, or produces satisfactory evidence of ownership of the vessel to the Minister; and

            (b)         the length of the vessel is 5 metres or more and does not exceed, and is not significantly less than, the maximum vessel length for the mooring site; and

            (c)         the vessel is not the licensed vessel for any other registered mooring site in the same mooring control area.

        (3A)         Subregulation (3)(a) does not apply if the mooring site is a commercial resources mooring site.

        (3B)         The Minister may exempt a vessel from complying with subregulation (3)(c) if the Minister considers there are special circumstances that justify the exemption.

        (4)         A mooring licence may be granted on conditions as to —

            (a)         the location of any mooring to be installed on the mooring site; and

            (b)         the form and maintenance of any mooring to be installed on the mooring site; and

            (c)         the size, shape and colour of any mooring float or buoy used on the mooring site; and

            (d)         the display of a mooring number, an approved coloured disc or other information or identification data on any mooring to be installed on the mooring site; and

            (e)         the inspection of any mooring to be installed on the mooring site; and

            (f)         such other matters as the Minister thinks fit.

        (5)         In accordance with paragraph (d) of the definition of licence in the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Commonwealth) section 10, a mooring licence is declared not to be personal property for the purposes of that Act.

        [Regulation 12 amended: Gazette 14 Feb 2012 p. 669; SL 2021/147 r. 14.]