Small Vessel Regulations

213 (1) No visual signals are required to be carried on board a pleasure craft that is not more than 6 m in length and is not fitted with an engine.

(2) Pyrotechnic distress signals are not required to be carried on board a pleasure craft that

• (a) is operating on a river, canal or lake in which it can at no time be more than one nautical mile from shore; or

• (b) has no sleeping arrangements and is engaged in an official competition or in final preparation for an official competition.