Marine Safety Regulation 2016
127Lifejacket must be worn when being towed by a vessel or when wake boarding or wake surfing
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127 Lifejacket must be worn when being towed by a vessel or when wake boarding or wake surfing
127 Lifejacket must be worn when being towed by a vessel or when wake boarding or wake surfing
(1) A person must wear an appropriate lifejacket if that person is being towed on or over the water by a vessel or is wake boarding or wake surfing from a vessel (whether or not the person is using a rope).
(2) The operator of a vessel must ensure that each person being towed by the vessel or wake boarding or wake surfing from the vessel complies with this clause.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
cl 127: Am 2016 (613), Sch 1 [29] [30].