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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemptions
Event name:
Kieser Great Bayside Swim
Date/time of event:
7.00am to 2.00pm on Friday 26th January 2024
Location:
Waters of Port Phillip Bay, at the Middle Brighton Pier and Marina
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
(B) local port
facilities or other property; or
(C) the
natural environment; 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 7.00am to
2.00pm on Friday 26th January 2024.
Signed at Melbourne
by Graeme Davis
District Manager Port Phillip
Western Port
On
29/11/2023
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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 competing in the Kieser Great Bayside Swim.
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That area of Middle Brighton Pier and
Breakwater bounded by the shore the following approximate locations (WGS84), from
7.00am to 2.00pm on Friday 26th January 2024.
1. 37°54.281’S, 144°58.650’E
2. 37°54.553’S, 144°58.652’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 Rotary Club of Brighton, persons and vessels involved in the Kieser Great Bayside 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 4(b) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of a wharf,
jetty, slipway, diving platform or boat ramp
5.
Clause 1.1.7(e) & (f) of Schedule 1
– 5 knot speed restrictions within Brighton Harbour and within 100 metres of
the western side of Brighton Harbour breakwater
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
- Masters of rescue vessels are only exempt
from 1-5 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.
- Personnel operating rescue
vessels involved with the event must wear a lifejacket at all times during
the event, and rescue vessels must have all prescribed safety equipment.
- The exemptions apply from 9:00am
to 12:30pm on Friday 26 January 2024 within the set aside waters of Port
Phillip Bay, at the Middle Brighton Pier and Marina, as marked by buoys.
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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