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Set Aside Determination
Event name:
Portarlington NYE Fireworks
Date/time of event:
7:00pm until 11.30pm on Wednesday 31st December 2025
Location:
Local Port of Port Phillip, 450m West of Portarlington Pier and 250m offshore
Details:
Port Management Act
1995 (Vic.)
Port Management (Local
Ports) Regulations 2025
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 2025 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 7:00pm
until 11.30pm on Wednesday 31st December 2025.
Signed at Melbourne
…………………………………………………………….
by Reece Taranto,
A/District Manager - Port Phillip Western
Port District Office
on 25/11/2025
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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
operators and spectators of the fireworks.
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That area of Port Phillip Bay known as
the waters of Portarlington, in a 200m radius from a barge positioned
approximately 450m West of Portarlington Pier and 250m offshore at the below approximate
location (WGS84) as indicated on the attached map, from
7:00pm until 11.30pm on Wednesday 31st December 2025.
1. 38°06.479’S and
144°38.918’E (WGS84).
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Mariners are requested to avoid the display
area during the Set Aside period and follow the direction of any authorised
staff and operators.
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By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 25/11/25