Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A pearl boat
licence shall identify the boat in respect of which it is issued by assigning
to that boat a number, consisting of letters and numbers or numbers only,
which is different from the number assigned to any other boat by another pearl
boat licence.
(2) The master of a
boat in respect of which a pearl boat licence is issued shall ensure that
there is at all times legibly painted —
(a) in
black on a yellow background; and
(b) in
letters and numbers or numbers only, as the case requires, each of which is
not less than 30 cm high and 5 cm wide or is of such other
dimensions as are approved,
on both sides of the
hull of that boat at the turn of the bow the number assigned to that boat by
the pearl boat licence.
Penalty: $500.
(3) A person shall not
own, control or use a boat bearing a number referred to in
subregulation (2) unless a pearl boat licence is in force in respect of
that boat.
Penalty: $500.
(4) A person who owns
or controls a boat bearing a number referred to in subregulation (2)
shall not permit or suffer another person to use that boat unless a pearl boat
licence is in force in respect of that boat.
Penalty: $500.
[Regulation 48 amended: Gazette
17 Dec 1999 p. 6223.]