Pearl boat licence number
48 Pearl boat licence number
A pearl boat licence shall identify the boat in respect of which it is issued by assigning to that boat a number, consisting of letters and numbers or numbers only, which is different from the number assigned to any other boat by another pearl boat licence.
The master of a boat in respect of which a pearl boat licence is issued shall ensure that there is at all times legibly painted —
in black on a yellow background; and
in letters and numbers or numbers only, as the case requires, each of which is not less than 30 cm high and 5 cm wide or is of such other dimensions as are approved,
on both sides of the hull of that boat at the turn of the bow the number assigned to that boat by the pearl boat licence.
Penalty: $500.
A person shall not own, control or use a boat bearing a number referred to in subregulation (2) unless a pearl boat licence is in force in respect of that boat.
Penalty: $500.
A person who owns or controls a boat bearing a number referred to in subregulation (2) shall not permit or suffer another person to use that boat unless a pearl boat licence is in force in respect of that boat.
Penalty: $500.
[Regulation 48 amended: Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6223.]
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