/

/

United States legal-change intelligence across legislation, regulation, and case law. Separate data plane, same Zoe spine.

Platform

Legislation
Cases
Ask Zoe
Recently analysed

Company

Pricing
API
X
LinkedIn
Instagram

Jurisdictions

Federal
Supreme Court

District of Columbia

© 2026 Zoe. All rights reserved.

Zoe is a legal information platform. Always consult the official source for authoritative text.

Section 39 - Marine Safety Regulation 2016 - Meaning of “safe distance and speed” — Zoe

Legislation Cases Absurdities Ask Zoe Graph Pricing

Home/Legislation/Marine Safety Regulation 2016/39

NSWIn ForceRegulation

Marine Safety Regulation 2016

39Meaning of “safe distance and speed”

Start here

Get a plain-English read of 39

Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Marine Safety Regulation 2016.

View in full context

#### 39 Meaning of “safe distance and speed” 39 Meaning of “safe distance and speed” > For the purposes of this Division, a safe distance and speed, in relation to a person or thing, means a distance and speed that will ensure that the vessel will not cause danger or injury to the person, or damage to the thing, having regard to all relevant safety factors, including weather conditions at the time, visibility, speed of the vessel and obstructions to navigation that are present.

Previous sectionDivision 7Requirements relating to distances between vessels and other objects Next section40Minimum distances to be maintained