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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemption

Event name:

Jetski Safety’ Filming and Photography Activities

Date/time of event:

7:00am to 3:00pm on Thursday 9 January 2025 (back-up date Friday 10 January 2025)

Location:

Local Port of Port Phillip, waters of Half Moon Bay

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 7:00am until 3.00pm on Thursday 9 January 2025 (back-up date Friday 10 January 2025)

Signed at Melbourne

…………………………………………………………….

by Reece Taranto,

A/District Manager - Port Phillip Western Port District Office

on 08/01/2025

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 involved in filming activities on the water	Those areas of Half Moon Bay, Black Rock between Cerberus Way and Red Bluff Street, extending up to 400 metres from shore as indicated by the attached map, between 7:00am and 3.00pm on Thursday 9 January 2025 (back-up date Friday 10 January 2025)	Mariners are requested to avoid the competition area during the Set Aside period and follow the direction of filming marshals and safety personnel.

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 Photographer/Videographer, Luke Samuel Steedman Robinson, persons and vessels involved in ‘Jetski Safety’ Filming and Photography Activities 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 platform or boat ramp

Waterway Rules made under the Marine Safety Act 2010 / Marine Act 1988

5. Clause 1.1.7(h) of Schedule 1 – 5 knot speed restriction within 200 metres of the water’s edge - North East Port Phillip

6. Clause 1.1.12(a) of Schedule 1 – master of a personal watercraft must not operate the personal watercraft: in an irregular riding manner, and for any purpose other than transiting in the safest most direct course to, or from the shore and/or a boat ramp or berthing facility (including a jetty, pier or mooring), whilst operating within designated 5 knot speed restriction zones

7. Clause 1.1.9(i) of Schedule 1 – areas prohibited to vessels at Half Moon Bay

Subject to the conditions detailed below:

· Master of rescue vessel is only exempt from items 1 to 7 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, distance and no boating rules at all other times.

· Masters of filming vessels (including personal watercraft (PWC) support vessels) are only exempt from items 1 to 6 when actively filming/photographing and must adhere to speed and distance rules at all other times.

· All persons on vessels (including PWC support vessel) involved in filming/photographing must wear a lifejacket at all times during the activity and vessels must have all prescribed safety equipment.

· Filming/photographing and on-water activity to cease if users (vessels and people) not involved in the activity are within 50 metres of the filming/photographing and to recommence only once area is cleared.

· Copy of this Declaration must be carried on vessels in use for filming/photographing for the duration of the activity and copies of the Declaration and Set Aside must be displayed at the Half Moon Bay and Black Rock Jetty filming location access points when operating in the area.

· The exemptions apply from 7:00am to 3:00pm on Thursday 9 January 2025 (back-up date Friday 10 January 2025) to the persons and vessels involved in the ‘Jetski Safety’ Filming and Photography Activities within the Set Aside waters of Half Moon Bay, Black Rock between Cerberus Way and Red Bluff Street, extending up to 400 metres from shore.

· 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: 08/01/25