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DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Event name:
LSV IRB Carnivals at Mordialloc & Hampton (Point Leo, back up location)
Date/time of event:
15th April - 16th April Mordialloc, 13th - 14th May Hampton (Point Leo, back up location)
Location:
Mordialloc, Hampton (back up location, point leo)
Details:
PUBLIC NOTICE
DECLARATION
OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Parks Victoria as the declared waterway manager
for the Local Port
of Port Phillip and Western Port Bay, 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 2023 LSV IRB Carnivals at
Mordialloc & Hampton (back up Point Leo) 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 meters of another vessel
3.
Clause 4(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 200 metres of the water’s
edge
4.
Clause 1.1.7(g) & 1.2.7 of Schedule 1 – 5 knot speed restriction of
North East Port Phillip, Hampton & East Port Phillip
5.
Clause 1.1.9(g) & 1.2.9(b) of Schedule 1 – areas prohibited to
vessels at Hampton & Mordialloc
6.
Clause 1.1.12(a) & 1.2.12(b) of Schedule 1 – The master of a
personal watercraft for any purpose other than transiting in the safety 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.
8.
*Clause 5.4 (c) of Schedule 5 – area prohibited to vessels at Point Leo
Surf Beach
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
·
Masters of rescue vessels (and 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 items 5 for the duration of the events.
·
Competitors are only exempt from items 1 to 5 when competing in the
events.
·
*Competitors and rescue vessels (including PWC’s) are only exempt from
items 7 & 8 during events, if held at back up location Point Leo Beach
·
All competitors and occupants of IRB and PWC rescue vessels involved
with the event must wear a personal floatation device at all times during the
event.
·
Should vessels or persons not involved in the event come within 50
metres of the Set Aside (made under regulation 11(1), Port
Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2015), the exemptions will be automatically
suspended until the vessel or person has moved outside of the area.
·
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 above exemptions apply between 6:00am to 6:00pm on the dates and
locations as specified in Table 1 below.
·
The exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and
undertakings detailed in the application form and associated documentation are
adhered to.
Table
1: 2023 LSV IRB Carnivals
|
Date
|
Day
|
Location
|
Back up Location(s)
|
|
15 – 16 April
|
Saturday – Sunday
|
Mordialloc LSC
|
Point Leo SLSC
|
|
13 – 14 May
|
Saturday – Sunday
|
Hampton LSC
|
Point Leo SLSC
|
By Order of
Parks Victoria
By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 13/04/23