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Declaration of Boating Activity Exemptions
Event name:
Southern Waters Ski Show Team - Training, Come & Try & Community Show
Date/time of event:
Various
Location:
National Water Sports Centre
Details:
PUBLIC NOTICE
DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Parks Victoria as the declared waterway manager for
the Patterson River, upstream of the Nepean Highway Bridge to Eumemmering Creek
(including the National Water Sports Centre), makes the following declaration under section 203(3) of the Marine Safety Act 2010 (Vic).
For the purposes of
boating activity conducted by Southern Waters Ski Show
Team, persons and vessels involved in the NWSC 2026/2027
Community events 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 3(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of the water’s
edge
4.
Clause 3(b) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of a fixed or
floating structure
5.
Clause 19(b) – master of a vessel must not tow
more than 3 persons
Marine
Safety Regulations 2023
6.
Regulation 61(6) – Master requirement to carry lifejacket on vessel on
inland waters for each person onboard (or being towed)
7.
Regulation 61(6) – Persons on vessels must wear a lifejacket of type
specified at all times when underway on inland waters
8.
Regulation 69 – A person being towed must wear a lifejacket
9.
Regulation 70 – Master
of vessel must ensure occupants wear a lifejacket and must not allow the vessel
to be operated unless persons onboard when underway or being towed wear a
lifejacket
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
·
Masters
of rescue vessels are only exempt from items 1-4 when undertaking a rescue
operation to retrieve persons in distress, provide for the initial medical or
other needs and deliver them to a place of safety, provided they operate at a
speed not exceeding 5 knots within 10 metres of the waters’ edge.
·
Masters
of participating vessels are only exempt from items 3-4 for the duration of the
events, and item 3 provided they operate at a speed not exceeding 5 knots
within 10 metres of the waters’ edge.
·
Masters
of participating vessels are only exempt from items 5, 6, 9 when towing water
skiers who are participating in trick events and when retrieving water skiers
who are participating in trick events and exempt from wearing a personal
flotation device.
·
Persons
being towed are only exempt from items 7 & 8 when participating in the
following trick skiing activities:
o
Three tier pyramid on the second or third tier;
o
Rope held by toe manoeuvres;
o
Swivel acts; and
o
Doubles couples acts.
·
The exemptions apply to the times, dates and events as specified in
Table 1 below, to the persons and vessels
listed within the event application who are participating in the Southern
Waters Ski Show Team events on the waters of the Patterson River – National
Water Sports Centre.
·
The exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and
undertakings detailed in the application form and associated documentation are
adhered to.
Table 1 – 2026-27 Southern Waters Ski Show Team events
|
Day
|
Date
|
Time
|
|
|
Training
& Community Shows
|
Sunday
|
20
September 2026
|
9:00am
– 5:00pm
|
|
Friday
|
9
October 2026
|
4:00pm
– 8:00pm
|
|
|
Sunday
|
25
October 2026
|
9:00am
– 5:00pm
|
|
|
Sunday
|
8
November 2026
|
9:00pm
– 5:00pm
|
|
|
Sunday
|
15
November 2026
|
9:00am
– 5:00pm
|
|
|
Friday
|
4
December 2026
|
4:00pm
– 8:00pm
|
|
|
Sunday
|
13
December 2026
|
9:00am
– 5:00pm
|
|
|
Friday
|
15
January 2027
|
4:00pm
– 8:00pm
|
|
|
Sunday
|
17
January 2027
|
9:00am
– 5:00pm
|
|
|
Friday
|
12
February 2027
|
4:00pm
– 8:00pm
|
|
|
Sunday
|
21
February 2027
|
9:00am
– 5:00pm
|
|
|
Friday
|
19
March 2027
|
4:00pm
– 8:00pm
|
|
|
Sunday
|
21
March 2027
|
9:00am
– 5:00pm
|
|
|
Sunday
|
18
April 2027
|
9:00am
– 5:00pm
|
By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 15 September 2026
By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 16/09/26