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FREMANTLE PORT AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 1971 - REG 368M

368M .         Motor boat driver not to cause nuisance

        (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.]



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