6Restrictions on making distress signals

6 Restrictions on making distress signals

6 Restrictions on making distress signals

(1) A person on board a vessel, or in the vicinity of any navigable waters, must not use distress signalling equipment or make any distress signal, except for the purpose of indicating distress.

(2) A person must not, without proper cause, display or make any light or other visual signal, or any sound signal, that is used as a warning or guide to vessels.

(3) The operator of a vessel must ensure that each person on board the vessel complies with this clause.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.