Western Australian Current Regulations

NAVIGABLE WATERS REGULATIONS 1958 - REG 45EB

45EB .         Duty of owner to reaffix hull identification number

                Where a hull identification number of a registered vessel has, without the approval of the chief executive officer, been altered, removed or rendered illegible (whether accidentally or deliberately), the owner of the vessel commits an offence if the owner does not, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the number has been altered, removed or rendered illegible, ensure that the number approved by the chief executive officer is reaffixed to the hull of the vessel —

            (a)         by a person approved by the chief executive officer or accredited to do so under regulation 45AA or 45AB; and

            (b)         in a form and manner approved by the chief executive officer.

        [Regulation 45EB inserted: SL 2022/137 r. 10.]