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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemption
Event name:
2024 Victorian Open Water Championships
Date/time of event:
8:30am to 1:30pm on Saturday 21 December 2024 (back-up date Sunday 22 December 2024)
Location:
Local Port of Port Phillip - waters of Corio Bay, between the Royal Geelong Yacht Club and Limeburners Point
Details:
Port Management Act
1995 (Vic.)
Port Management (Local
Ports) Regulations 2015
Set Aside Determination – Regulation 11(1)
Local Port of Port Phillip
I, Graeme Davis, District Manager of Parks
Victoria (as delegate of the Port Manager), determine under Regulation 11(1) of
the Port Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2015 that the areas defined in the following table are set aside
for the purposes and conditions specified.
This determination has been made in
accordance with Regulation 11(2)
(b) if the port manager reasonably
believes that there is imminent risk of—
(i) harm or
damage to—
(A) the health
or safety of any person; or
(ii) significant
interference with the safe, efficient and effective management of the local
port.
In accordance with Regulation 11(4), this
determination replaces any previous set aside determination made by the port
manager in respect of that area or any part there of that area for the period
specified in this temporary determination.
This determination applies 6.30am to 1.30pm on Saturday 21
December 2024 (back-up date Sunday 22 December 2024)
Signed at Melbourne
by Graeme Davis
District Manager - Port Phillip
Western Port District Office
on 04/12/2024
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Regulation
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Description
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Purpose
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Area
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Reasonable conditions (Reg 14)
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11(1)(a)
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Determination to set
aside an area in a local port in which access to that area is prohibited or
restricted for not more than 90 days.
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To set aside an area
for the safety of participants and vessels involved in the Victorian Open
Water Championships
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Those areas of Corio
Bay, between the Royal Geelong Yacht Club and Limeburners Point, as marked by
buoys at the below approximate locations and indicated by the attached map,
between 6.30am to 1.30pm on Saturday 21
December 2024 (back-up date Sunday 22 December 2024)
o 38°8.760’S, 144°22.324’E
o 38°8.537’S, 144°22.927’E
o 38°8.427’S, 144°22.915’E
o 38°8.645’S, 144°22.259’E
&
o 38°8.784’S, 144°22.264’E
o 38°8.735’S, 144°22.167’E
o 38°8.703’S, 144°22.278’E
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Mariners are
prohibited from entering the competition area during the Set Aside period and
are asked to follow the direction of event marshals and safety personnel.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
DECLARATION
OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Parks Victoria as the declared waterway manager for the
Local Port of Port Phillip, makes the following declaration under section 203(3) of the Marine Safety Act 2010 (Vic).
For the purposes of
boating activity conducted by Swimming Victoria, persons and vessels involved
in the Victorian Open Water Championships are exempt from the following
requirements:
State Rules made under the Marine Act 1988
1.
Clause 2(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres
of a person in the water
2.
Clause 2(c) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres
of another vessel
3.
Clause 4(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 200 metres of the
water’s edge
4.
Clause 4(b) - must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of a wharf,
jetty, slipway, diving platform or boat ramp
Waterway Rules made under the Marine Safety Act 2010 / Marine Act 1988
5.
Clause 1.4.7 of Schedule 1 – 5 knot speed restriction within 200 metres
of the water’s edge - South West Port Phillip
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
· Masters of rescue vessels are only exempt from items 1 to 5 when undertaking a rescue operation to retrieve persons in distress, provide for their initial medical or other needs and deliver them to a place of safety on shore, and must adhere to speed and distance rules at all other times.
· All participants on rescue and official vessels used in conjunction with the event must wear a lifejacket at all times during the event and vessels must have all prescribed safety equipment.
· The above exemptions apply from 8:30am to 1:30pm on Saturday 21 December 2024 (back-up date
Sunday 22 December 2024) to persons and vessels involved in the Victorian Open
Water Championships within the Set Aside waters of Corio Bay, between the Royal
Geelong Yacht Club and Limeburners Point, as marked by buoys.
· The exemptions apply provided the
stated safety controls and undertakings detailed in the application form and
associated documentation are adhered to.
By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 04/12/24