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PUBLIC NOTICE DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Event name:
LSV Junior and Senior Carnivals
Date/time of event:
28th January (Mt Martha, back up Point Leo) 03rd & 04th Feburary 2024
Location:
Mount Martha & Point Leo
Details:
PUBLIC NOTICE
DECLARATION
OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Parks Victoria as the declared waterway manager for the
Local Port of Port Phillip and Western Port Bay, makes
the following declaration under section 203(3) of the Marine Safety Act 2010 (Vic).
For the purposes of
boating activity conducted by Life Saving Victoria, persons and vessels
involved in the LSV Junior and Senior Carnivals 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 1.2.7 of Schedule 1
– 5 knot speed restriction of East Port Phillip
5. Clause 5.3(a)(i) Schedule 5
– 5 knot speed restriction area at Point Leo Surf Beach
6. Clause 5.4 (c) of Schedule
5 – area prohibited to vessels at Point Leo Surf Beach
7. Clause 1.2.9(n) of Schedule
1 – areas prohibited to vessels at Mt Martha Beach
8. Clause 1.2.12(b) of
Schedule 1 – The master of a personal watercraft for any purpose other than
transiting in the safety 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 (and PWCs) are only exempt from items 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 on
shore and items 6 - 7 for the duration of the events at those locations.
·
Competitors are only exempt from items 1 to 5 when competing in the
events.
·
All competitors and occupants of IRB and PWC rescue vessels involved
with the event must wear a personal floatation device at all times during the
event.
·
Should vessels or persons not involved in the event come within 50
metres of the Set Aside (made under regulation 11(1), Port
Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2015), the exemptions will be automatically
suspended until the vessel or person has moved outside of the area.
·
Mechanically powered LSV vessels are exempt from the carriage of
specified safety equipment as per the Exemptions for Life Saving Victoria
vessels in Exemption Notice 1, whilst operating within visual range of a
staffed lifesaving facility.
·
The above exemptions apply between 8:30am to 6:00pm on the dates and
locations as specified in Table 1 below.
·
The exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and
undertakings detailed in the application form and associated documentation are
adhered to.
Table 1:
Date
|
Day
|
Location
|
Back up Location(s)
|
Event
|
28 Jan 2024
|
Sunday
|
Mount Martha
|
Point Leo
|
LSV Junior & Senior Carnival
|
3-4 Feb 2024
|
Saturday – Sunday
|
Point Leo
|
|
LSV Junior & Senior Carnival
|
By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 21/12/23