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Set Aside Determination

Event name:

NYE 2023 at Queenscliff Harbour Fireworks

Date/time of event:

9.10pm to 9.35pm on Sunday 31 December 2023, and 11.45pm on Sunday 31 December 2023 to 12.05am on Monday 1 January 2024

Location:

Queenscliff Harbour adjacent to Swan Island foreshore and the Marina entry area

Details:

Port Management Act 1995 (Vic.)
Port Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2015
Set Aside Determination – Regulation 11(1) 
Local port of Port Phillip
 
I, Graeme Davis, 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 9.10pm to 9.35pm on Sunday 31 December 2023, and 11.45pm on Sunday 31 December 2023 to 12.05am on Monday 1 January 2024.
 
Signed at Melbourne

by            Graeme Davis
                 District Manager Port Phillip Western Port
                
on 21/11/2023

Regulation
Description
Purpose
Area
Reasonable conditions (Regulation 14)
11(1)(a)
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.
To protect public safety by prohibiting entry to the fallout area during fireworks display.
 
A 360° set aside area for the fireworks display extends in a 100m radius from the firing point on a small ferry berthed adjacent to Swan Island foreshore and the Marina entry area as indicated on the attached map and at approximate location 38°15.8680'S, 144°40.3460'E
 
Between the hours of 9.10pm to 9.35pm on Sunday 31 December 2023, and 11.45pm on Sunday 31 December 2023 to 12.05am on Monday 1 January 2024, entry is prohibited to all persons excluding the event participants and Parks Victoria staff.