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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemptions
Event name:
IRB Carnival # 2 - Hampton
Date/time of event:
8.00am to 5.30pm Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th April 2024
Location:
North East Port Phillip - Hampton Beach
Details:
Port Management Act
1995 (Vic.)
Port Management (Local
Ports) Regulations 2015
Set Aside Determination – Regulation 11(1)
Local port of Port Phillip
I, Graeme Davis District Manager Port
Phillip Western Port 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)
(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
(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 8.00am to 5.30pm
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th April 2024.
Signed at Melbourne
by Graeme Davis
District Manager Port Phillip Western
Port
on 23/02/2024
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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 competitors
competing in the IRB Carnival # 2 - Hampton
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The area adjacent to Hampton known as Hampton
Beach
indicated by the attached map in a rectangular
area bounded by the following approximate locations (WGS84)
1. -37.936955,144.996457
2. -37.939289,144.997583
3. -37.939426,144.995556
4. -37.937362,144.995131
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Mariners are required 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 Life Saving Victoria, persons and vessels
involved in the LSV IRB Carnival Round 2 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 1.1.7(g) & 1.2.7 of Schedule
1 – 5 knot speed restriction of North East Port Phillip, Hampton Beach
5.
Clause 1.1.9(g) & 1.2.9 (b) of Schedule 1 – areas prohibited to
vessels at Hampton Beach
6.
Clause 1.1.12(a) & 1.2.12(b) of Schedule 1 – The master of a
personal watercraft 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
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
·
Masters of rescue vessels (and PWCs) are only exempt from items 1 to 4
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 item 5 for the duration of the events.
·
Competitors are only exempt from items 1 to 5 when competing in the
events.
·
All competitors and occupants of IRB and PWC rescue vessels involved
with the event must wear a lifejacket at all times for the duration of the
events.
·
Should vessels or persons not involved in the event come within 50
metres of the Set Aside waters, the event will be suspended until
the vessel or person has moved outside of the area.
·
Mechanically powered LSV vessels are exempt from the carriage of
specified safety equipment as per the Exemptions for Life Saving Victoria
vessels in Exemption Notice 1, whilst operating within visual range of a
staffed lifesaving facility.
·
The above exemptions apply between 8:00am to 5:30pm within the Set Aside
waters on the dates and locations as specified in Table 1 below.
·
The exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and
undertakings detailed in the application form and associated documentation are
adhered to.
Table
1: LSV IRB Carnivals Round 2
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Date
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Day
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Event Name
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Location
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Back up
Location
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27 - 28 April 2024
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Saturday – Sunday
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LSV IRB Carnival Round 2
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Hampton LSC
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N/A
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By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 26/03/24