Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) No motor boat
shall pass through or under any bridge with more than one vessel in tow.
(2) A person shall not
use a vessel for the purposes of towing unless he is at least 17 years of
age and is accompanied, in the vessel, by a person of at least 14 years
of age.
(3) A person in
control of a towing vessel shall maintain a constant look‑out ahead and
the person accompanying him, in the vessel, shall maintain a constant watch
over the vessel or object being towed by that vessel.
(4)
Subregulations (2) and (3) do not apply where —
(a) a
distressed vessel is being towed in an emergency situation and no other person
is available as an observer; or
(b) the
person in control of a vessel is unaccompanied at the time he finds a drifting
vessel or object in any navigable waters and is towing the vessel or object
away in order to prevent a danger arising to vessels using those waters.
[Regulation 15 amended: Gazette
22 Sep 1978 p. 3504.]