Towed water sports – observer requirement
7 Towed water sports – observer requirement
A person commits an offence if:
the person is being towed behind a pleasure craft; and
there is not an observer in the pleasure craft with the operator.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if:
the person is operating a pleasure craft; and
another person is being towed behind the pleasure craft; and
there is not an observer in the pleasure craft with the operator.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of absolute liability.
The owner of a pleasure craft commits an offence if:
another person is being towed behind the pleasure craft; and
there is not an observer in the pleasure craft with the operator.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(5) An offence against subregulation (4) is an offence of strict liability.
In this regulation:
observer, in relation to a pleasure craft when a person is being towed behind the pleasure craft, means a person who is responsible for watching the towed person at all times and relaying the towed person's signals to the operator of the pleasure craft.
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