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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
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 set aside an area for the safety of participants and vessels competing in BOWs 10km Swim event, organised by Black Rock Yacht Club.
 
 
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
 
Mariners are requested to avoid the competition area during the Set Aside period and follow the direction of event marshals and safety personnel.





PUBLIC NOTICE
DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
 
 
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

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