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BAE Port to Park Open Water Swim
Event name:
Port to Park Open Water Swim
Date/time of event:
2 February 2025
Location:
Local Port of Port Phillip
Details:
PUBLIC NOTICE
DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Parks Victoria as the declared waterway manager for 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 South Melbourne Life Saving Club, persons and vessels involved in the Port to Park Open Water 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 platformor boat ramp
Waterway Rules made under the Marine Safety Act 2010 / Marine Act 1988
5. Clause 1.1.7 (a) (b) & (c) of Schedule 1 – 5 knot speed restriction within 200 metres of thewater’s edge – Northeast Port Phillip
6. Clause 1.1.9 (b) of Schedule 1 – Areas prohibited to vessels at South Melbourne Beach
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
• Masters of rescue vessels are only exempt from items 1 to 5 when undertaking a rescueoperation to retrieve persons in distress, provide for their initial medical or other needs anddeliver them to a place of safety on shore and must adhere to speed and distance rules at allother times, and item 6 for the duration of the event.
• All participants involved with the event must wear a lifejacket at all times during the eventand vessels must have all prescribed safety equipment.
• The exemptions apply from 8:00am to 11:30am on Saturday 1 February 2024 to personsand vessels involved in the Port to Park Open Water Swim within the Set Aside waters ofSouth Melbourne Beach between Lagoon Pier and Kerferd Pier.
• The exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and undertakings detailed in theapplication form and associated documentation are adhered to.
By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 28/11/24