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Set Aside Determination
Event name:
Fireworks - Opening of the Sorrento Ferry Terminal
Date/time of event:
8:30pm until 8:40pm on Friday 20 March 2026
Location:
Local Port of Port Phillip - waters of Sorrento
Details:
Port Management Act
1995 (Vic.)
Port Management (Local
Ports) Regulations 2025
Set Aside Determination – Regulation 11(1)
Local Port of Port Phillip
I, Sarah Auld, Acting Director Maritime &
Waterways 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 8:30pm
until 8:40pm on Friday 20 March 2026.
Signed at Melbourne
…………………………………………………………….
by Sarah Auld
Acting Director Maritime &
Waterways
on 16 March 2026
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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
operators and spectators of the fireworks.
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That area of Port Phillip Bay known as
the waters of Sorrento, in a 200m radius from a vessel positioned
approximately 300m northeast of Sorrento Pier at the below approximate
location (WGS84) as indicated on the attached map, from 8:30pm until 8.40pm
on Friday 20 March 2026.
1. 38° 20.0190'S, 144° 44.8998'E
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Mariners are requested to avoid the
display area during the Set Aside period and follow the direction of any
authorised staff and operators.
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By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 16/03/26