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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

Regulation
Description
Purpose
Area
Reasonable conditions (Regulation 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 competing in the Mornington LSC Twilight Swim
 
 
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
Mariners are requested to avoid the competition area during the Set Aside period and follow the direction of event marshals and safety personnel.