Section 178 Operating ship in marine zone in contravention of requirement
Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016
(1) The owner or master of a ship must not operate the ship in a marine zone in contravention of a requirement mentioned in schedule 5 for the marine zone.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a ship owned or operated by any of the following entities that is being operated in the course of the entity’s emergency, rescue or life saving activities—
(a) the police service;
(b) the department in which the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990 is administered;
(c) a volunteer marine rescue association accredited by the commissioner of the police service;
(d) an accredited surf life saving club.
(3) In this section, ship includes an aircraft when it is on water or is taking off from, or landing on, water.