Section 100 What is an authority
Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016
(1) An authority is any of the following—
(a) an approval, other than a marine licence;
(b) a restricted use authority;
(c) an examining approval;
(d) a temporary permit;
(e) a consent under section 77 to use or display a prescribed signal of distress for genuine training or demonstration purposes;
(f) a pilotage exemption certificate;
(g) a buoy mooring approval;
(h) an aquatic event authority.
(2) A reference in this regulation to an authority, other than in this chapter, includes a reference to a temporary authority in force under section 104.