Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
Division 2 mooring control area means a
mooring control area specified in Schedule 1 Division 2.
(2) A person must not
cause or permit a vessel to be secured or anchored in a mooring control area
at a location, or in a manner, that causes a risk of damage to —
(a) a
mooring on a mooring site; or
(b) a
vessel secured to a mooring on a mooring site.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of
$1 000.
(3) A person must not
cause or permit a vessel to be secured or anchored for a period of more than
6 hours in a Division 2 mooring control area.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of
$1 000.
(4)
Subregulation (3) does not apply to —
(a) a
vessel that is secured to a mooring that is not an anchor; or
(b) a
tender that is secured to another vessel; or
(c) a
vessel that is secured or anchored in an emergency; or
(d) a
vessel on which there remains, for the whole of the period that it is secured
or anchored, a person who is qualified to move the vessel.
[Regulation 7 inserted: SL 2021/147
r. 9; amended: SL 2025/18 r. 6.]
[Heading inserted: SL 2021/147 r. 10.]