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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemption
Event name:
Rip View Swim Classic
Date/time of event:
10.00am to 3.00pm on Tuesday 2 January 2024
Location:
Lonsdale Bay, between Santa Casa Beach, Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale front beach
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 District of 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 6:00am until 5:00pm on Tuesday 2nd January
2024.
Signed at Melbourne
by Graeme Davis
District Manager Port Phillip
Western Port
on 27/11/2023
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Regulation
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Description
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Purpose
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Area
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Reasonable
conditions (Regulation 14)
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11(1)(a)
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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.
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To set aside an area for the safety of participants
and vessels involved in the Rip View Swim Classic.
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That area of Lonsdale Bay as shown on the
attached map, between Santa Casa Beach, Queenscliff (38° 16.497’ S, 144°
39.163’ E) and Point Lonsdale front beach (38° 17.202’ S, 144° 37.290’ E)
extending 200m-400m from shore following the coastline, as marked by buoys,
from 6:00am until 5:00pm on Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Mariners are requested to avoid the
competition area during the Set Aside period and follow the direction of
event marshals and safety personnel.
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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 Point
Lonsdale Surf Life Saving Club, persons and vessels involved in the Rip View
Swim Classic 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
1.4.7 of Schedule 1 – 5 knot speed restriction area of South West Port Phillip
5.
Clause 1.4.12(c) of Schedule 1 – The
master of a personal watercraft must not operate the personal watercraft: in an
irregular riding manner, and for any purpose other than transiting in the
safest 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.
Subject to
the conditions detailed below:
· Masters of rescue vessels (including
personal watercraft) are only exempt from 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.
· Masters of rescue personal
watercraft are only exempt from item 5 for the duration of the event.
· Masters of all rescue vessels and rescue
craft involved with the event must wear a lifejacket at all times during the
event, and all rescue vessels (including personal watercraft) must have all
prescribed safety equipment.
· The exemptions apply from 10.00am to
3.00pm on Tuesday 2 January 2024 within the Set Aside waters - Lonsdale Bay,
between Santa Casa Beach, Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale front beach extending
200m - 400m from shore following the coastline, as marked by buoys.
· 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: 27/11/23