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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemption
Event name:
Mount Martha Annual Diamond Swim
Date/time of event:
Sunday 26th January 2025, 6:00am to 2:00pm
Location:
Local Port of Port Phillip - waters of Mount Martha Beach
Details:
Port Management Act
1995 (Vic.)
Port Management (Local
Ports) Regulations 2015
Set Aside Determination – Regulation 11(1)
Local Port of Port Phillip Bay
I, Graeme Davis, District Manager Port
Phillip Western Port District 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)
(a) in the
event of, or in anticipation of, any fire, flood, natural disaster or other
emergency; or
(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
(B) local port
facilities or other property; or
(C) the
natural environment; 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
until 2:00pm on Sunday 26th January 2025
Signed at Melbourne
by Graeme Davis
District Manager Port Phillip
Western Port District
on 18/12/2024
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Regulation
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Description
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Purpose
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Area
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Reasonable
conditions (Regulation 14)
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11(1)(a)
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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.
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To set aside an area for the safety of participants and vessels
competing in the Mount Martha Annual Diamond Swim.
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Waters of Mount Martha Beach between Martha Cliff and Balcombe Creek,
extending 250m from the shoreline between the below approximate locations, from
6:00am until 2:00pm on Sunday 26th January 2025
1. 38° 15.73'S
145° 0.82'E
2. 38° 15.74'S 145° 0.60'E
3. 38° 16.14'S
145° 0.16'E
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Mariners are requested to avoid the competition area during the Set
Aside period and follow the direction of event marshals and safety personnel.
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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 the Mount Martha Lifesaving Club, persons and
vessels involved in the Mount Martha Annual Diamond Swim are exempt from the
following requirements:
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
1.2.9 (n) of Schedule 1 – Area prohibited to Vessels at Mount Martha Beach
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
· Masters of rescue vessels are only exempt from items 1 to 4 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, and item 5 for the duration of the event.
·
All participants on 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 8:00am to 12:00pm on Sunday 26 January 2025 within the Set Aside waters of Mount Martha Beach.
·
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: 18/12/24