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PUBLIC NOTICE DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Event name:
Kieser Great Australia Day Swim
Date/time of event:
9:00am to 1:00pm - 26th January 2023
Location:
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 Rotary Club of Brighton, persons and vessels involved in the Great
Australia Day Swim at Middle Brighton Pier 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
4.
Clause 4(b) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50
metres of a wharf, jetty, slipway, diving platform or boat ramp
Waterway
Rules made under the Marine Safety Act
2010 / Marine Act 1988
5.
Clauses 1.1.7(e) & (f) of Schedule 1 – 5 knot
speed restrictions within Brighton Harbour and within 100 metres of the western
side of Brighton Harbour breakwater.
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
- Masters of rescue
vessels are only exempt from 1-5 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.
- Personnel operating
rescue vessels involved with the event must wear a personal floatation
device at all times during the event, and rescue vessels must have all
prescribed safety equipment.
- The exemptions apply
from 9.00am to 1.00pm on Thursday 26 January 2023 to the persons and
vessels participating in the Great Australia Day Swim.
- 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: 23/01/23
By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 23/01/23