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BAE Salty TK & Rec Challenge 2024
Event name:
Salty TK & Rec Challenge 2024
Date/time of event:
Sunday 10th November 2024 7:00am - 4:30pm
Location:
Maribyrnong River
Details:
PUBLIC NOTICE
DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Parks Victoria as the declared waterway manager for Maribyrnong River upstream of Shepherd
Bridge on Footscray Road, makes the following declaration under section 203(3) of the Marine
Safety Act 2010 (Vic).
For the purposes of boating activity conducted by Footscray Canoe Club, persons and vessels
involved in the Salty TK & Rec Challenge 2024 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 3(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of the water’s edge
4. Clause 3(b) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of a fixed or floating structure
Waterway Rules made under the Marine Safety Act 2010 / Marine Act 1988
5. Clause 4.1 of Schedule 4 – 5 knot speed restriction on the Maribyrnong River
Marine Safety Regulations 2023
6. Regulation 61(5) – master requirement to carry specified equipment on vessel on inland
waters (bailer)
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
• Masters of 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, and must adhere to speed and distance rules at
all other times.
• Masters of competing vessels are only exempt from items 2 to 6 when competing in the
event.
• All occupants of 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 4:30pm on Sunday 10 November 2024 within the
competition area on the Maribyrnong River between Pipemakers Park Footbridge and
Kensinton Railway Bridge.
• 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: 27/08/24