130Hatches and exterior doors—construction

#### 130 Hatches and exterior doors—construction 130 Hatches and exterior doors—construction > > (1) The owner and operator of a relevant recreational vessel must ensure that any hatch or exterior door on the vessel that can be used as a means of entering or leaving the vessel is capable of being opened from both the outside and the inside of the vessel. > > > (2) A person must not supply a relevant recreational vessel to another person knowing that the vessel will be used, or is likely to be used, for recreational purposes unless any hatch or exterior door on the vessel that can be used as a means of entering or leaving the vessel is capable of being opened from both the outside and the inside of the vessel. > > > (3) In this clause— > > > > relevant recreational vessel means a recreational vessel— > > > > > (a) the hull construction of which commenced on or after 1 January 1991, and > > > > > (b) that does not have an alternative means of entering or leaving the vessel so that the risk of entrapment, if the hatch or exterior door cannot be opened from both inside and outside the vessel, is controlled. > > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.