9Exemptions

9 Exemptions

(1) The Safety Director, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may exempt any person or class of persons in respect of any vessel or class of vessels from the requirements of these Regulations.

(2) The Safety Director may impose conditions on an exemption that do all or any of the following—

(a) specify the type of vessel to which the exemption applies;

(b) specify the activity that is engaged in by the vessel and to which the exemption applies;

(c) require the occupants of the vessel to wear particular equipment or devices;

(d) require the vessel to be used for particular purposes;

(e) specify the length of the vessel;

(f) specify the items of equipment to which the exemption applies;

(g) specify items of equipment that must be carried on board the vessel;

(h) specify the procedures that are to be put in place for the protection and safety of participants in, or observers of, the activity;

(i) specify any other matters considered necessary by the Safety Director.

(3) A person to whom an exemption applies must comply with any conditions imposed on the exemption.

Part 2—Registration of vessels

Division 1—Registration of vessels

10 Exemptions from registration

For the purposes of section 37(1)(b)(i) and (2)(b)(i) of the Act, the following vessels are exempted from registration—

(a) a recreational tender;

(b) a vessel that is not a powerboat;

(c) a domestic commercial vessel;

(d) a vessel that—

(i) is temporarily being operated on State waters; and

(ii) is registered in another State or a Territory; and

(iii) displays, in accordance with an Act or a regulation of another State or a Territory, an identifying plate, mark or number issued or allocated for the vessel by the corresponding authority in that State or Territory;

(e) a vessel that—

(i) is temporarily being operated on State waters; and

(ii) is exempt from registration as a vessel in another State or a Territory in which the owner of the vessel ordinarily resides;

(f) a powerboat that is under the control of any person who has been issued with a special identification plate under regulation 25.