This legislation has been repealed.
(1) Subject to this
regulation, a person shall not within the boundaries of
the Port —
(a)
drive a boat at such a speed or in such a manner as to cause nuisance or
damage to any person or to any other vessel or to any bank or property;
(b)
navigate a boat in such a manner as to —
(i)
endanger the safety of that boat or any other vessel or
any person; or
(ii)
obstruct, impede or otherwise interfere with any other
vessel;
(c)
except in the case of an emergency, cause or permit a motor boat to emit smoke
or vapour to such an extent as to cause danger, nuisance or annoyance to the
public;
(d)
drive a motor boat through or under a bridge with more than one vessel in tow.
(e) use
a boat for the purposes of towing unless he is at least 17 years of age
and is accompanied in the boat by a person of at least 14 years of age;
or
(f) have
control of a towing boat unless he maintains a constant look out ahead and the
person accompanying him in the boat maintains a constant watch over the vessel
or object being towed by that boat.
(2) The provisions of
paragraphs (e) and (f) of subregulation (1) of this regulation 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 having control of a boat is unaccompanied at the time that he finds a
drifting vessel or object in any of the waters within the boundaries of
the Port and is towing the vessel or object away in order to prevent a danger
arising to vessels using those waters.
[Regulation 368M inserted by Gazette
3 May 1974 p.1455; amended by Gazette 18 April 1980
p.1147.]