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CHAPTER 278

WATER SKIING AND MOTOR BOAT CONTROL

WATER SKIING AND MOTOR BOAT CONTROL REGULATIONS

(SECTION 13) [Commencement 8th February, 1971]

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Skiing and Motor Boat Control Regulations.

2. Every owner wishing to register his motor boat under section 11 of the Water Skiing and Motor Boat Control Act (hereinafter in these Regulations referred to as “the Act”) shall apply in writing —

(a) in New Providence, to the Port Director; or (b) in an Out Island, to the Commissioner of the

District, in the form specified in Schedule I to these Regulations.

3. Upon the registration of every motor boat under the Act, there shall be furnished to the owner thereof a certificate of registration in the form specified in Schedule II to these Regulations.

4. The register of motor boats to be maintained by the Port Director and by Commissioners in accordance with section 11(2) of the Act shall be in the form specified in Schedule III to these Regulations.

5. Every registered motor boat shall be allocated a serial registration number, consisting of numerals prefixed by letters which shall be an abbreviation of the name of the Island or District where registration has been effected.

6. (1) The registration number shall be so painted upon either side of the bows of the registered motor boat concerned as to provide clear legibility for identification purposes with the naked eye in ordinary daylight at a distance of two hundred feet.

S.I. 11/1971

Citation.

Form of application for registration.

Schedule I.

Certificate of registration.

Schedule II.

Form of register.

Schedule III.

Allocation of numbers.

Painting of registration numbers on boats.

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(2) The number shall be painted in blocked char- acteristics in good proportion and not less than three inches in height.

(3) The number shall be painted on the boat in white if the hull of the boat is black or dark-coloured, and black if the hull is white or light-coloured.

7. Any person proposing to mark off a lane with ropes and buoys in the restricted zone for the purposes of water skiing shall apply for permission in writing to the Port Director or Commissioner, as the case may be, specifying the proposed location of the lane.

8. (1) The size of the buoys to be used in marking off any lane for water skiing shall be as follows —

(a) one buoy of not less than 10 inches in diameter shall be used at each end of the restricted zone upon each side of the lane; and

(b) other buoys spaced out between the endmarker buoys shall be of not less than ¼ inch diameter.

(2) Buoys shall be spaced out along the ropes at intervals not exceeding 10 feet.

(3) All buoys used for this purpose shall be coloured bright red.

9. The types and sizes of rope to be used in marking off any lane for water skiing shall be as follows —

(a) nylon or polypropylene, not being less than 3/8 inch in diameter; or

(b) steel wire, not being less than ¼ inch in diameter.

Marking off lanes for water skiing.

Specifications for buoys.

Specifications for ropes.

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SCHEDULE I (Regulation 2)

APPLICATION FORM

Under THE WATER SKIING AND MOTOR BOAT CONTROL ACT

NAME OF BOAT ........................................................................... NAME AND ADDRESS(ES) OF OWNER(S) .............................. .......................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................... DATE OF BIRTH ........................................................................... NATIONALITY ............................................................................. DATE OF APPLICATION ............................................................. LENGTH OF BOAT ....................................................................... TYPE OF HULL ............................................................................. MAKE AND YEAR BUILT (IF KNOWN) ................................... TYPE, MAKE & H.P. OF ENGINE ............................................... SERIAL NO. OF ENGINE ............................................................. LIST NO. OF LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT & FIRE EXTIN- GUISHERS ON BOARD .............................................................. .......................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................... IS RADIO RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER FITTED AND IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION?........................................... ......................................................

Signature of Owner or Agent.

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY REGISTRATION NO. ALLOCATED PROOF OF OWNERSHIP ESTABLISHED .................................

YES. NO. FEE PAID ....................................................................................... ISSUED BY .................................................................................... DATE............................................................................................... THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR MAKING A DECLARA- TION WHICH IS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DECLAR- ANT FALSE OR IN ANY MATERIAL RESPECT MISLEADING SHALL NOT EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE DOL- LARS.

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SCHEDULE II

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE Under

THE WATER SKIING AND MOTOR BOAT CONTROL ACT NAME OF BOAT .......................................................................... NAME AND ADDRESS(ES) OF OWNER(S) .............................. .......................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................... DATE OF BIRTH ........................................................................... REGISTRATION NO ..................................................................... TYPE OF HULL ............................................................................. LENGTH OF VESSEL ................................................................... MAKE AND YEAR BUILT (IF KNOWN) ................................... TYPE, MAKE & H.P. OF ENGINE(S) .......................................... .......................................................................................................... SERIAL NO. OF ENGINES(S) ...................................................... DATE OF REGISTRATION ......................................................... ................................................. Signature of Owner.

................................................... Port Director/Commissioner.

THE BOAT REGISTRATION NO. MUST BE PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BOW OF THE VESSEL. THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR MAKING A DECLARA- TION WHICH IS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DECLAR- ANT FALSE OR IN ANY MATERIAL RESPECT MISLEADING SHALL NOT EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE DOL- LARS.

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