85Vessels exempt from registration

85 Vessels exempt from registration

85 Vessels exempt from registration

(1) For the purposes of section 50 (3) of the Act, the following classes of vessel are exempt from registration—

(a) vessels that—

(i) are less than 5.5 metres in length, and

(ii) are not power-driven vessels or are fitted with an engine having a power rating of less than 4.0 kilowatts, and

(iii) are not the subject of a mooring licence under the Ports and Maritime Administration Regulation 2012 or wet berthed at a marina or moored or berthed in accordance with a lease granted by Transport for NSW, and

(iv) are not occupying any navigable waters by direction of, or with the permission of, the Crown or any person or body lawfully entitled to give such a direction or permission,

(b) off-the-beach vessels that—

(i) are not the subject of a mooring licence under the Ports and Maritime Administration Regulation 2012 or wet berthed at a marina, and

(ii) are not occupying any navigable waters by direction of, or with the permission of, the Crown or any person or body lawfully entitled to give such a direction or permission,

(c) any canoe, surf ski or rowing shell of any length,

(d) seaplanes,

(e) a vessel that is in the charge of a trader and is being used for purposes connected with the manufacture, alteration, repair, testing, sale or demonstration of—

(i) a commercial purpose of the vessel, or

(ii) an engine or component that forms part of or is used in, or is intended to form part of or to be used in, a vessel.

(2) For the purposes of section 50 (3) of the Act, a vessel owned by Surf Life Saving New South Wales is exempt from registration if—

(a) the vessel clearly displays a unique identification number for that body on each side of the forward half of the vessel in block letters of at least 150 millimetres in height or, in the case of a personal watercraft, at least 100 millimetres in height, and