Duty of owners

(1) It is the duty of every person having control of a power boat within territorial waters– (a) so to navigate such boat as to avoid collision with or injury to any ship or person present in, Belize Port Authority 7 on or under the water in the area occupied by or disturbed by the said boat or the wash or wake thereof; or (b) to navigate such boat with due care and consideration for other persons having regard to the prevailing conditions and the reasonable likelihood of other persons being present in or coming into the area occupied by such boat and the wash and wake thereof, as the case may be. (2) No person under the age of fifteen years shall have control or navigate a power boat save under the supervision of a person over that age. (3) Every person in control of a power boat within the limits of any Harbour shall when so instructed by the Ports Commissioner– (a) heave to; and (b) bring his boat alongside any place indicated by the Ports Commissioner and otherwise comply with any navigational orders issued to him by the Ports Commissioner. (4) When any dispute arises as to who is in control of a boat every person present therein shall be deemed to be in control until he proves the contrary.