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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemptions
Event name:
Rip View Swim Classic
Date/time of event:
7:00am to 3:00pm on Monday 29 December 2025
Location:
Local Port of Port Phillip, Lonsdale Bay
Details:
Port Management Act
1995 (Vic.)
Port Management (Local
Ports) Regulations 2025
Set Aside Determination – Regulation 11(1)
Local Port of Port Phillip
I, David Petty, Regional Director Southern
and Maritime of Parks Victoria (as delegate of the Port Manager), determine
under Regulation 11(1) of the Port Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2025 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)
(a) in the
event of, or in anticipation of, any fire, flood, natural disaster or other
emergency; or
(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
(B) local port
facilities or other property; or
(C) the
natural environment; 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 from 7:00am
until 3.00pm on Monday 29th December 2025.
Signed at Melbourne
…………………………………………………………….
by David Petty
Regional Director Southern and
Maritime
on 11/12/2025
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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 (Regulation 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 Rip View Swim Classic
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Those areas of Port Phillip Bay, Lonsdale
Bay, between Santa Casa Beach, Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale Front Beach,
extending 200 to 400 metres from shore following the coastline, 50m outside
the course buoys at the below approximate locations (WGS84) and as indicated
by the attached map, from 7:00am until 3.00pm on Monday 29th
December 2025.
1. 38° 16.497’S, 144° 39.163’E
2. 38° 16.509’S, 144° 38.337’E
3. 38° 16.695’S, 144° 37.378’E
4. 38° 17.202’S, 144° 37.290’E
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Mariners are requested to avoid the
competition area during the Set Aside period and follow the direction of
filming 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 Point
Lonsdale Surf Life Saving Club, persons and vessels involved in the Rip View
Swim Classic 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
1.4.7 of Schedule 1 – 5
knot speed restriction area within 200 metres of the water’s edge - South West
Port Phillip
5.
Clause 1.4.12(c) of Schedule 1 – the
master of a personal watercraft must not operate the personal watercraft: in an
irregular riding manner, and for any purpose other than transiting in the
safest most direct course to, or from the shore and/or a boat ramp or berthing
facility (including a jetty, pier or mooring), whilst operating within designated 5 knot speed
restriction zones
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
· Masters of rescue vessels (including
rescue PWCs) are only exempt from items 1 to 4 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.
· Masters of PWC rescue vessels are
exempt from item 5 for the duration of the event.
· All occupants of mechanically
powered vessels (including rescue PWCs) involved with the event must wear a
lifejacket at all times during the event, and all rescue vessels (including rescue
PWCs) must carry prescribed safety equipment.
· The exemptions apply from 7:00am to 3:00pm
on Monday 29 December 2025 within the Set Aside waters - Lonsdale Bay, between
Santa Casa Beach, Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale Front Beach extending 200 to
400 metres from shore following the coastline, 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: 11/12/25