New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 45A - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Subchapter 23 - DECEPTIVE PRACTICES CONCERNING WATERCRAFT REPAIR
Section 13:45A-23.1 - Definitions
"Customer" means the owner, or any family member, employee or any other person whose use of the watercraft is authorized by the owner.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs.
"Repair of watercraft" means all maintenance and repair to such watercraft, its engine or motor, but excluding lubrication, oil changes, installing light bulbs, and other such minor accessories and services. No service or accessory to be installed shall be excluded for purpose of this rule if the Director determines that the performance of the service or the installation of an accessory requires mechanical expertise has given rise to a high incidence of fraud or deceptive practices or involves a part of such watercraft essential to its safe operation.
"Watercraft" includes but is not limited to any craft, boat or vessel, powerboat, sailboat, motor sailer, mono hull, catamaran or trimaran, documented or registered (if required) in the State of New Jersey or by any other agency having authority to document or register watercraft.
"Watercraft repair dealer" means any person who, for compensation, engages in the business of performing or employing persons who perform maintenance, diagnosis or repair services on any watercraft, its propulsion system (internal combustion or electrical, inboard or outboard) or the replacement of parts including, but not limited to, hull planking, fiberglass sections and standing rigging, and shall include, but not be limited to, boat dealers, repair shops (fixed, mobile or marina) and marinas where such maintenance, diagnosis or repair services are available. Excluded are those persons who engage in the business of repairing watercraft of commercial or industrial establishments or government agencies, under contract or otherwise, but only with respect to such accounts.