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Section 79 Application of collision regulations

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

(1) The collision regulations have effect as if they were part of this regulation.

(2) A person involved with the operation of a ship (including the ship’s owner, master, pilot or deck watchkeeper) must comply with the collision regulations.

(3) Subsection (2) is a regulation to which section 211(2) of the Act applies.

Note— Section 211(2) of the Act provides for a penalty of 500 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year for a contravention of a regulation declared to be a regulation to which the subsection applies.

(4) In this section, ship includes an aircraft when it is on water or is taking off, or landing on, water.

(5) In this section—

deck watchkeeper means the person in charge of the navigational watch of a ship.

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

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