Jervis Bay Territory Marine Safety Ordinance 2016
41Offence—unauthorised use of an emergency patrol signal
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41 Offence—unauthorised use of an emergency patrol signal
(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person operates a vessel in Territory waters; and (b) the vessel displays an emergency patrol signal.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if: (a) the display of the emergency patrol signal has been authorised in writing by a police officer for the purpose of enabling the carrying out of emergency patrol duty; or (b) the vessel is operated on behalf of a police officer, the JBT Rural Fire Service, the NSW Rural Fire Service or the Ambulance Service of NSW, for the purpose of carrying out an emergency patrol duty.