7Mandatory safety equipment for lightweight craft

7 Mandatory safety equipment for lightweight craft

(1)  Subject to subregulation (2) , the operator and other persons on a lightweight craft must ensure that the craft carries while it is operating –

(a) if the lightweight craft is a rowing shell, the mandatory safety equipment specified in Schedule 2 ; and

(b) in any other lightweight craft, the mandatory safety equipment specified in Schedule 3 .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(2)  If a lightweight craft is travelling with a powered support vessel or 3 lightweight craft are travelling together in waters other than sheltered waters or smooth waters, the carriage of flares, EPIRB/PLB and VHF radio (the equipment) may be reduced to carriage of the equipment by one of every 3 lightweight crafts if the lightweight crafts remain within 50 metres of the craft or vessel carrying the equipment.

(3)  The operator of a lightweight craft must ensure that lights specified in Schedule 3 as mandatory safety equipment for the lightweight craft are operational, and in use, when the vessel is operating –

(a) between sunset and sunrise; and

(b) at other times where visibility is reasonably limited.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.