Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) This regulation
does not apply to a personal watercraft.
(2) The owner or
master of a registrable vessel must ensure that the vessel is equipped with at
least 1 appropriate lifejacket for each person on board who has reached
12 months of age.
(3) The owner or
master of a non‑registrable vessel must ensure that the vessel, while
outside protected waters and more than 400 m from any shore, is equipped
with at least 1 appropriate lifejacket for each person on board who has
reached 12 months of age.
(4) For the purposes
of determining the number of lifejackets a vessel is equipped with under
subregulation (2) or (3), a lifejacket being worn by a person on
board the vessel is taken to be a lifejacket that the vessel is equipped with.
(5) An owner or master
who contravenes this regulation commits an offence.
[Regulation 52A inserted: SL 2023/135
r. 28; amended: SL 2024/191 r. 28.]