Section 96 Operation of ship by enforcement officer

(1) This section applies to an enforcement officer who—

(a) holds a certificate of competency to operate a ship as its master under the national law; and

(b) is operating a ship in carrying out the officer’s duties.

(2) The enforcement officer may, if reasonably necessary in performing the officer’s duties—

(a) operate the ship at any safe speed, which may be higher than a speed limit applying under another provision of this regulation; or

(b) operate the ship displaying lights and sounding a repeater horn or siren in addition to the lights and sound devices required for operating the ship under the collision regulations; or

(c) operate the ship in a marine zone contrary to section 178; or

(d) anchor the ship in a place contrary to section 195; or

(e) anchor, berth, moor or operate the ship in a place contrary to section 196; or

(f) anchor, berth, moor or operate the ship in a way contrary to section 197.

(3) An enforcement officer does not commit an offence against this regulation for doing something authorised by subsection (2).

(4) In this section—

enforcement officer means—

(a) a police officer; or

(b) an officer of the Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol; or

(c) an officer of MSQ who is a shipping inspector; or

(d) an officer of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service who is one or more of the following—

(i) an inspector appointed under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Cwlth), section 43;

(ii) an inspector appointed under the Marine Parks Act 2004, section 52;

(iii) a conservation officer appointed under the Nature Conservation Act 1992, section 127.