What are the key changes which will be made to lifejacket requirements?
• By children less than 12 years of age when: • By all the occupants of a vessel less than 4.8m in length when the vessel is being operated in any of the following situations: • At any time, and in any type or length of vessel, when the skipper judges that the situation is one of heightened risk (as defined below) and he/she directs that all occupants are to don a lifejacket; • By all persons being towed (this includes people who are waterskiing, wakeboarding or parasailing and those being towed on tubes, sea biscuits or similar towable devices); • By all occupants of a canoe or kayak on: • A person kitesurfing alone more than 400 metres from shore; and • When in an off-the-beach sail vessel in ocean waters. It is now also a requirement to carry lifejackets for each person on board an outrigger canoe. What are the current lifejacket requirements and will they continue to apply from 1 November 2010? Currently, it is compulsory to wear a lifejacket when crossing a coastal bar; when more
