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Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
sec.475RRemoval of hazardous watercraft
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### sec.475R Removal of hazardous watercraft
This section applies if an authorised person reasonably believes a watercraft is—
anchored or moored in contravention of a waterway management regulation; and
a hazard to water traffic.
A watercraft is a hazard to water traffic if it is on or beside the course of a power boat race conducted under a consent under the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 , section 217 (2) .
The authorised person may take steps that are necessary and reasonable to have the watercraft and anything in, on or attached to it removed to a place that is not in contravention of a waterway management regulation.
s 475R ins 2009 No. 47 s 14
amd 2012 No. 38 s 104
(sec.475R-ssec.1) This section applies if an authorised person reasonably believes a watercraft is— anchored or moored in contravention of a waterway management regulation; and a hazard to water traffic. A watercraft is a hazard to water traffic if it is on or beside the course of a power boat race conducted under a consent under the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 , section 217 (2) .
(sec.475R-ssec.2) The authorised person may take steps that are necessary and reasonable to have the watercraft and anything in, on or attached to it removed to a place that is not in contravention of a waterway management regulation.
- (a) anchored or moored in contravention of a waterway management regulation; and
- (b) a hazard to water traffic. Example for paragraph (b) — A watercraft is a hazard to water traffic if it is on or beside the course of a power boat race conducted under a consent under the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 , section 217 (2) .