Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00997:reg:71
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00997
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 71
Character Range: 69403–70123

71  General defences to lifejacket requirements
 (1) A person does not commit an offence under this Division by failing to wear an appropriate lifejacket on a vessel if the person:
 (a) is not operating the vessel; and
 (b) establishes that there was no available appropriate lifejacket on board the vessel at the time concerned.
 (2) A person (the operator) who operates a vessel does not commit an offence under this Division by failing to ensure that another person on the vessel is wearing an appropriate lifejacket if the operator establishes that he or she took all reasonable measures to ensure that the other person was wearing an appropriate lifejacket.

Division 3—Requirements for hatches and exterior doors