Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00468:reg:74
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00468
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 74
Character Range: 81823–82736

74  Unauthorised use of emergency patrol signals
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person operates a boat on a lake; and
 (b) the boat displays an emergency patrol signal.
Penalty: 23 penalty units.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if:
 (a) the person is permitted, in writing, by a police officer to display the emergency patrol signal for carrying out an emergency patrol; or
 (b) the person operates the boat for any of the following persons for the purpose of carrying out an emergency patrol:
 (i) a member of the ACT Ambulance Service;
 (ii) a member of the ACT Fire and Rescue Service;
 (iii) a member of the ACT Rural Fire Service;
 (iv) a member of the ACT State Emergency Service;
 (v) a police officer.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

Division 7—Lifejackets for recreational boats