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Open Water Swim - Victorian Police and Emergency Services Games (VPESG)
Event name:
Open Water Swim - Victorian Police and Emergency Services Games (VPESG)
Date/time of event:
9:00am to 3:00pm Friday 20th November 2026
Location:
Local Port of Port Phillip - Sandridge
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 2026 Open Water Swim - Victorian Police and Emergency
Services Games are exempt from the following requirements:
1. Clause 1.1.9(a) of Schedule 1 – area prohibited
to vessels at Sandridge.
2. 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 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 vessels providing rescue
services must ensure they comply with the gazetted waterway rules and Marine
Safety Act 2010 in respect to minimum speed and distance requirements,
unless otherwise 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
·
All occupants of official and rescue vessels, involved with the event
must wear a lifejacket at all times.
·
Masters of PWC rescue vessels are exempt from item 2 for the duration of
the event.
·
Mechanically powered LSV vessels are exempt from the carriage of
specified safety equipment as per the Exemptions for Life Saving Victoria
vessels in Exemption Notice 1, whilst operating within visual range of a
staffed lifesaving facility.
·
The exemptions apply from 6:00am to 4:00pm on Friday 20 November 2026 to
persons and vessels participating in the 2026 Victoria Police and Emergency
Services Games (Open Water swim).
·
The exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and
undertakings detailed in the application form and associated documentation are
adhered to.
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By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 01/10/26