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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemption
Event name:
Black Rock Yacht Club BOWs 10km Swim
Date/time of event:
6:00am until 12:00pm on Sunday 7th January 2024 (back-up date Sunday 14th January 2024)
Location:
Local Port of Port Phillip - Half Moon Bay, between Black Rock Jetty and Southey Street
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 12:00pm on Sunday 7th January 2024 (back-up date Sunday 14th
January 2024).
Signed at Melbourne
by Graeme Davis
District Manager Port Phillip
Western Port District
on 29/11/2023
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
competing in BOWs 10km Swim event, organised by Black Rock Yacht Club.
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Waters of Half Moon Bay between Black Rock Jetty and Southey Street,
as indicated by the attached map bounded by the shore and the following
approximate locations and between the below approximate locations, from
6:00am until 12:00pm on Sunday 7th January 2024 (back-up date Sunday 14th
January 2024):
1. 37°57.9702’S, 145°0.6360’E
2. 37°57.8682’S, 145°0.5028’E
3. 37°57.5250’S, 145°0.2538’E
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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 the Black Rock Yacht Club, persons and vessels
involved in the BOWs 10km Swim 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 1.1.7 of Schedule 1 – 5 knot speed restrictions
- NE Port Phillip within 200 metres of the water’s edge
5.
Clause 1.1.9(i)
of Schedule 1 – areas prohibited to vessels at Half Moon Bay
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
·
Masters of rescue vessels 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.
·
Masters of all vessels are only
exempt from item 5 for the duration of the event.
·
All participants on vessels involved with the event must wear a lifejacket
at all times during the event and vessels must have all prescribed safety
equipment.
·
The exemptions apply from 7:00am to 11:00am on Sunday 7 January 2024 and back-up date 14 January
2024 within the Set Aside waters of
Half Moon Bay, between Black Rock Jetty and Southey Street.
· 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: 29/11/23