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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemption

Event name:

2024 Victorian Open Water Championships

Date/time of event:

8:30am to 1:30pm on Saturday 21 December 2024 (back-up date Sunday 22 December 2024)

Location:

Local Port of Port Phillip - waters of Corio Bay, between the Royal Geelong Yacht Club and Limeburners Point

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 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 6.30am to 1.30pm on Saturday 21 December 2024 (back-up date Sunday 22 December 2024)
 
Signed at Melbourne
by            Graeme Davis
                 District Manager - Port Phillip Western Port District Office
                
                 on     04/12/2024



Regulation
Description
Purpose
Area
Reasonable conditions (Reg 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 participants and vessels involved in the Victorian Open Water Championships
 
Those areas of Corio Bay, between the Royal Geelong Yacht Club and Limeburners Point, as marked by buoys at the below approximate locations and indicated by the attached map, between 6.30am to 1.30pm on Saturday 21 December 2024 (back-up date Sunday 22 December 2024)
o              38°8.760’S, 144°22.324’E
o              38°8.537’S, 144°22.927’E
o              38°8.427’S, 144°22.915’E
o              38°8.645’S, 144°22.259’E
       &
o              38°8.784’S, 144°22.264’E
o              38°8.735’S, 144°22.167’E
o              38°8.703’S, 144°22.278’E
 
Mariners are prohibited from entering the competition area during the Set Aside period and are asked to follow the direction of event marshals and safety personnel.