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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.

Queensland Marine Safety Regulation 2016 current as at 1 February 2026. Official text: legislation.qld.gov.au.

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