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Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994
sec.218Other matters for regulations
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### sec.218 Other matters for regulations
A regulation may make provision about—
speed limits for ships and the use of devices to measure the speed of ships; and
the removal of obstructions to navigation outside pilotage areas; and
the security required by the State for the removal of obstructions to navigation (whether in or outside of a pilotage area); and
if a harbour master or someone else removes an obstruction to navigation—selling or disposing of the thing that caused the obstruction and, if relevant, dealing with the proceeds of the sale; and
where buoy moorings may be established, approvals for establishing buoy moorings at locations and other matters relating to identifying and using buoy moorings.
Also, a regulation may make provision about the operation and activities of ships not otherwise provided for under sections 208 to 217 .
provision about amenity
provision about zones and controlling the operation of ships in the zones
If under a regulation, whether made before or after the commencement of this subsection, the general manager, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority or the chief executive approved the establishment of a buoy mooring or where a buoy mooring may be established, the general manager, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority, the chief executive and the State are not, and never have been, responsible—
for approving the structural integrity of the buoy mooring; or
for other matters in relation to the buoy mooring’s establishment or maintenance.
The general manager, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority, the chief executive and the State are not, and never have been, liable in relation to a buoy mooring’s establishment or maintenance other than in relation to the approval of the location of the buoy mooring.
However if a court decided a matter before the commencement of this subsection, and the decision included a finding that the general manager, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority, the chief executive or the State was liable in relation to an approval in relation to a buoy mooring, the decision is not affected by subsections (3) and (4) .
s 218 amd 2005 No. 22 s 22 ; 2006 No. 21 s 99 ; 2012 No. 38 s 130
(sec.218-ssec.1) A regulation may make provision about— speed limits for ships and the use of devices to measure the speed of ships; and the removal of obstructions to navigation outside pilotage areas; and the security required by the State for the removal of obstructions to navigation (whether in or outside of a pilotage area); and if a harbour master or someone else removes an obstruction to navigation—selling or disposing of the thing that caused the obstruction and, if relevant, dealing with the proceeds of the sale; and where buoy moorings may be established, approvals for establishing buoy moorings at locations and other matters relating to identifying and using buoy moorings.
(sec.218-ssec.2) Also, a regulation may make provision about the operation and activities of ships not otherwise provided for under sections 208 to 217 . provision about amenity provision about zones and controlling the operation of ships in the zones
(sec.218-ssec.3) If under a regulation, whether made before or after the commencement of this subsection, the general manager, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority or the chief executive approved the establishment of a buoy mooring or where a buoy mooring may be established, the general manager, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority, the chief executive and the State are not, and never have been, responsible— for approving the structural integrity of the buoy mooring; or for other matters in relation to the buoy mooring’s establishment or maintenance.
(sec.218-ssec.4) The general manager, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority, the chief executive and the State are not, and never have been, liable in relation to a buoy mooring’s establishment or maintenance other than in relation to the approval of the location of the buoy mooring.
(sec.218-ssec.5) However if a court decided a matter before the commencement of this subsection, and the decision included a finding that the general manager, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority, the chief executive or the State was liable in relation to an approval in relation to a buoy mooring, the decision is not affected by subsections (3) and (4) .
- (a) speed limits for ships and the use of devices to measure the speed of ships; and
- (b) the removal of obstructions to navigation outside pilotage areas; and
- (c) the security required by the State for the removal of obstructions to navigation (whether in or outside of a pilotage area); and
- (d) if a harbour master or someone else removes an obstruction to navigation—selling or disposing of the thing that caused the obstruction and, if relevant, dealing with the proceeds of the sale; and
- (e) where buoy moorings may be established, approvals for establishing buoy moorings at locations and other matters relating to identifying and using buoy moorings.
- • provision about amenity
- • provision about zones and controlling the operation of ships in the zones
- (a) for approving the structural integrity of the buoy mooring; or
- (b) for other matters in relation to the buoy mooring’s establishment or maintenance.