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DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION - Mount Martha Lifesaving Club

Event name:

MMAD Swim

Date/time of event:

Thursday 26th January 2024

Location:

Local Port of Port Phillip, Mount Martha waters

Details:

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 Mount Martha Lifesaving Club, persons and

vessels involved in the Mount Martha Lifesaving Club 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

Waterway Rules made under the Marine Safety Act 2010 / Marine Act 1988

4. Clause 1.2.7 of Schedule 1– 5 knot speed restriction of East Port Phillip

5. Clause 1.2.9 (n) of Schedule 1 – Area prohibited to Vessels at Mount Martha Beach

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, and item 5 for the duration of the event.

• Masters and crew of rescue 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 8:00am to 12:30pm on Thursday 26 January 2024 within the Set

Aside waters of Mount Martha Beach.

• The exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and undertakings detailed in the

application form and associated documentation are adhered to.

Parks Victoria as Waterway

Manager

Dated: 14/12/2023

By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 14/12/23