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DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Event name:
Seacraft Syndicate Boat Owners Club Carrum Regatta
Date/time of event:
9.00am to 4.30pm on Sunday 26th November 2023 and Sunday 17th March 2024
Location:
Waters of the NWSC
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 (NWSC)), makes the following declaration
under section 203(3) of the Marine Safety
Act 2010 (Vic).
For the purposes of boating activity conducted by Seacraft
Syndicate Boat Owners Club, persons and vessels involved in the Carrum Regatta 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
Marine
Safety Regulations 2023 Modification
5.
A lifejacket of a type
described in Part 4 & 7 of “Schedule 1 - Types of Lifejackets”, of
the Marine Safety Regulations 2023 (MSRs) is modified to include a buoyancy
suit is deemed a Level 50S lifejacket or a Type 3 lifejacket if it is marked as rated at a minimum PFD-3 / Level 50S and manufactured to
Australian Standards AS 2260-1996 & AS 4758.1:2015.
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
·
Masters of competing vessels are only exempt from items 1-4 for the
duration of the events, provided they do not exceed 5 knots within 30 metres of
another competing vessel or their skier or the waters’ edge.
·
Masters of rescue vessels are only exempt from items 1-4 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.
·
Competing water-skiers must wear a lifejacket or
buoyancy suit at all times that complies with item 5 modification that
adequately achieves the purpose of a Level 50S/Type 3 lifejacket.
·
Occupants of powered vessels used in conjunction with the event must
wear a lifejacket at all times during the event and vessels must have all prescribed safety
equipment, including rescue vessels.
·
The
exemptions apply from 9.00am to 4.30pm on Sunday 26th November 2023
and Sunday 17th March 2024 to persons and vessels participating in
the Seacraft Syndicate Boat Owners Club Carrum Regatta events on the waters of
the NWSC, provided the stated safety controls and undertakings detailed in the
application form and associated documentation are adhered to
By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 25/09/23