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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemption
Event name:
Western Suburbs Triathlon Club - Girls Secondary School Triathlon 2025
Date/time of event:
6:00am to 2:00pm Sunday 23 February 2025
Location:
Local Port of Port Phillip, waters of Altona adjacent to the Altona 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
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 6:00am until 2.00pm on Sunday 23 February 2025.
Signed at Melbourne
…………………………………………………………….
by Reece Taranto,
A/District Manager - Port Phillip Western Port District Office
on 17/01/2025
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 Western Suburbs Triathlon Club, persons and vessels involved in the Western Suburbs Triathlon Club - Girls Secondary School Triathlon 2025 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 1.5.7(b) of Schedule 1 – 5 knot speed restriction within 200 meters of water’s edge - North West Port Phillip
6. Clause 1.5.9(a) of Schedule 1 – Vessel prohibited area east of Altona Pier
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
• Masters of rescue vessels are only exempt from items 1 to 5 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, and must adhere to speed and distance rules at all other times and item 6 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 7:30am to 11:30pm Sunday 23 February 2025 to the persons and vessels involved in the Western Suburbs Triathlon Club - Girls Secondary School Triathlon 2025 within the Set Aside waters adjacent to the Altona Life Saving Club clearly marked by flags on shore, and in the water by buoys, extending up to approximately 200 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: 17/01/25