64Exemption from requirement to hold boat driving licence

64 Exemption from requirement to hold boat driving licence

64 Exemption from requirement to hold boat driving licence

(1) A person is exempt from the requirement to hold a boat driving licence if the person—

(a) is not ordinarily resident in this State, and

(b) has been operating power-driven recreational vessels in State waters for less than 3 months, and

(c) is authorised under the law of another State or a Territory to operate the vessel concerned (being an authorisation that is not suspended) and is operating the vessel in accordance with the conditions of that authorisation.

(1A) Subsection (1) does not exempt a person from the requirement to hold a boat driving licence if—

(a) the person holds a boat driving licence that is suspended, or

(b) the person has held a boat driving licence that has been cancelled and the person is disqualified from applying for another such licence.

(2) A person is exempt from the requirement to hold a boat driving licence if the person—

(a) is the holder of a certificate of competency as a master, first mate, second mate or coxswain (or other crew member prescribed by the regulations) under the National law, or

(b) is exempted by the regulations, or

(c) is exempted by the responsible regulator by order in writing given to the person.

s 64: Am 2008 No 59, Sch 1 [36] [37]; 2012 No 90, Sch 1 [21]; 2014 No 38, Sch 1.1 [2]; 2025 No 12, Sch 1[24].