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Marine Safety Regulation 2016
55ERestrictions on securing vessels near submarine cables
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#### 55E Restrictions on securing vessels near submarine cables
55E Restrictions on securing vessels near submarine cables
> > (1) A person must not cause a vessel to be anchored within 200 metres of a line indicated on a submarine cables line warning sign.
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> > (2) A person must not cause a vessel to be anchored within 200 metres of a submarine cable marked on—
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> > > (a) an appropriate chart that meets the minimum standards specified in Schedule 7, or
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> > > (b) an appropriate map that meets the minimum standards specified in Schedule 7.
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> > (3) For the purposes of this clause, a submarine cables line warning sign means any sign in or adjacent to any navigable waters which states in a legible manner that submarine cables are laid in or under those waters on a line indicated.
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> Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> **cl 55E:** Ins 2016 (613), Sch 1 \[13\].