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313A PDFTitle:SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL REGULATIONSGazette Number:
Regulation:40Heading:Lighting of piers, etc.Version Date:30/06/1997

(1) An owner or occupier of a pier, whether completed or under construction, shall, unless exempted in writing by the Director, at all times between sunset and sunrise cause a red light to be exhibited within 2 metres of the outer end of the pier and at a height above it of not less than 3 metres nor more than 6 metres, and such red light shall be of such intensity and so constructed as to be visible from seaward in clear atmosphere on a dark night at a distance of at least one nautical mile.
(2) Any owner or occupier of a pier who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5000.