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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemptions

Event name:

Ironman 70.3 Geelong

Date/time of event:

7:00am to 10:00am Sunday 24 March 2024

Location:

Local Port of Port Phillip - Eastern Beach, Geelong

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 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 to 10.00am Sunday 24th March 2024.
 
Signed at Melbourne

by            Graeme Davis
                 District Manager Port Phillip Western Port
                
                 on    15/02/2024


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 swimmers competing in the Ironman 70.3 Geelong.
 
 
Those areas off Corio Bay, Eastern Beach, Geelong as indicated by the attached map in a triangular area bounded by the following approximate locations (WGS84)
1. 38°08.7913’S, 144°22.1888’E       
2. 38°08.3617’S, 144°22.2638’E
3. 38°08.7200’S, 144°22.4537’E
Mariners are required 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
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 Ironman Australia, persons and vessels involved in the Ironman 70.3 Geelong 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
 
Waterway Rules made under the Marine Safety Act 2010 / Marine Act 1988
5.    Clause 1.4.7 of Schedule 1 – 5 knot speed restriction zones: waters of South West Port Phillip within 200 metres of the waters’ edge
6.    Clause 1.4.12(c) of Schedule 1 - The master of a personal watercraft must not operate the personal watercraft: for any purpose other than transiting in the safest 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 powered rescue vessels are only exempt from items 1 to 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.
·      Masters of personal watercraft (Jet Ski) rescue vessels are only exempt from item 6 (irregular riding rule) for the duration of the event and must not exceed 5 knots when operating within designated 5 knot speed restriction zones, unless undertaking a rescue operation.
·      Occupants of powered vessels and personal watercraft 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 10:00am Sunday 24 March 2024 within the Set Aside waters at Eastern Beach, Geelong.
·      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: 15/02/24

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