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Set Aside Determination

Event name:

2023 Christmas in Geelong Opening Night Fireworks

Date/time of event:

Between 1900hrs and 2130hrs on Saturday 11 November 2023

Location:

Local Port of Port Phillip, Corio Bay

Details:

Port Management Act 1995 (Vic.)
Port Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2015
Set Aside Determination – Regulation 11(1) 
Local Ports of Port Phillip, Western Port and/or Port Campbell
 
 
I, Stuart Wardrop, Acting District Manager Port Phillip Western Port, Parks Victoria (as delegate of the Port Manager), determine under Regulation 11(1) of the Port Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2015 that the areas defined in the following table are set aside for the purposes and conditions specified.
 
This determination has been made in accordance with Regulation 11(2)
 
 (b)          if the port manager reasonably believes that there is imminent risk of—
 
(i)            harm or damage to—
(a)           the health or safety of any person; or
(ii)           significant interference with the safe, efficient, and effective management of the local port.
 
In accordance with Regulation 11(4), this determination replaces any previous set aside determination made by the port manager in respect of that area or any part there of that area for the period specified in this temporary determination. 
 
This determination applies from 1930hrs until 2130hrs on Saturday 11 November 2023.
 
Signed at Melbourne
 
 
by            Stuart Wardrop
                 Acting District Manager Port Phillip Western Port
 
                
                 on 02 November 2023


Regulation
Description
Purpose
Area
Reasonable conditions (Regulation 14)
11(2)(b)
Determination to set aside an area in a local port in which access to that area is prohibited or restricted for not more than 90 days.
Prohibit entry by people if circumstances may place their safety at risk.
 
The area as shown on Map attached, in a 200m radius area around a barge approximately positioned at 38°8.596’S and 144°21.756’E (WGS84).
The 2023 Christmas in Geelong Opening Night Fireworks, Port of Port Phillip, Corio Bay, set aside area declared adjacent to Geelong Waterfront Foreshore between Cunningham Pier and the Royal Geelong Yacht Club.
 
Between 1900hrs and 2130hrs on Saturday 11 November 2023.
 
 
Entry is prohibited to all persons excluding the event participants and Parks Victoria staff.