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Victorian Lifesaving Endurance Championships
Event name:
Victorian Lifesaving Endurance Championships
Date/time of event:
8.30am - 4.00pm 25 October 2025
Location:
Mentone Waters - Local Port of Port Phillip
Details:
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 Life Saving Victoria, persons and vessels involved in the Victorian
Lifesaving Endurance 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
Waterway Rules made under the Marine
Safety Act 2010 / Marine Act 1988
4.
Clause
1.2.7 of Schedule 1
– 5 knot speed restriction within 200 meters of water’s edge – East Port
Phillip
5. Claude 1.2.9 (a) of schedule
1 – Area prohibited to vessels at Mentone Beach
6. Clause 1.2.12(b) of Schedule
1 – the master of a personal watercraft must not operate the personal
watercraft for any purpose other than transiting in the safest most direct
course to, or from the shore and/or boat ramp or berthing facility (including a
jetty, pier or mooring), whilst operating within designated 5 knot speed
restriction zone
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
- Masters
of competing vessels are only exempt from 2-4 & 5 in the above list
when competing in the event.
- Masters
of rescue vessels are only exempt from 1 - 5and must adhere to speed and
distance rules unless 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.
- Masters
of PWCs are exempt from item 6 for the duration of the event.
- Occupants
of rescue vessels (including PWCs) involved with the event must wear a
lifejacket at all times during the event and vessels must have all
prescribed safety equipment, including rescue vessels.
- The
exemptions apply from 6:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday 25 October 2025 within
the exclusion zone waters – Mentone Beach
- The
exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and undertakings
detailed in the application form and associated documentation are adhered
to.
Dated: 2/10/2025
By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 06/10/25