Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:7-74.1

  • Operate: means to navigate, use, control or command a vessel. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
  • Operator: means every person having charge, control, operation or direction of any vessel and the owner of the vessel if the owner is on the vessel at the time it is operated in violation of the law. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
  • Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vessel. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Personal watercraft: means a personal watercraft as defined by section 1 of P. See New Jersey Statutes 12:7-71
4. In addition to all other remedies permitted and duties required by law, the owner of a personal watercraft shall be jointly liable for damage incurred by another person operating the owner’s personal watercraft if the owner knowingly allows the person to operate the owner’s personal watercraft, the operator has not successfully completed a boat safety course required pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1987, c.453 (C. 12:7-61) or a written test administered pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1995, c.401 and the operator is not exempt from the boat safety certificate requirement pursuant to subsection a. or c. of section 18 of P.L.1995, c.401 (C. 12:7-86).

L.1997,c.152,s.4.

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