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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemption
Event name:
Mornington LSC Twilight Swim
Date/time of event:
Between 3.30pm to 8.30pm on Friday 17 January 2025 (back-up date Saturday 18 January 2025)
Location:
Port Phillip Bay, adjacent to Mornington Life Saving Club
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, Reece Taranto, A/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 3:30pm
until 8:30pm on Friday 17 January 2025 (back-up date Saturday 18
January 2025)
Signed at Melbourne
by Reece Taranto
District Manager - Port Phillip Western
Port District Office
on 27/12/2024
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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 Mornington LSC Twilight Swim
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Those areas of Port Phillip Bay, adjacent
to Mornington Life Saving Club, as marked by buoys at the below approximate
locations (WGS84) and indicated by the attached map, between 3.30pm to 8.30pm
on Friday 17 January 2025
(back-up date Saturday 18 January 2025)
1. 38°
12.77'S 145° 2.60'E
2. 38°
12.72'S 145° 2.45'E
3. 38°
12.63'S 145° 2.65'E
4. 38°
12.65'S 145° 2.67'E
5. 38°
12.72'S 145° 2.55'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 Mornington Life Saving Club, persons and
vessels involved in the Mornington Twilight 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 1.2.9 (l) of Schedule 1 – areas prohibited to vessels at
Mornington
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
·
Masters of rescue vessels are only exempt from item 1 to 3 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
4 for the duration of the event.
· All participants on rescue and official vessels used in conjunction with the event must wear a lifejacket at all times during the event and vessels must have all prescribed safety equipment.
·
The above exemptions apply from 5:30pm to 8:30pm on Friday 17 January
2025 (back-up Saturday 18 January 2025) to persons and
vessels participating in the Mornington Twilight Swim within the Set Aside waters adjacent to Mornington Life Saving Club,
Port Phillip Bay.
· The above
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: 27/12/24