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Set Aside Determination and Declaration of Boating Activity Exemption

Event name:

Frankston Swim Classic

Date/time of event:

8:15am to 12:30pm on Saturday 7 February 2026

Location:

Local Port of Port Phillip, waters of Frankston adjacent to the Frankston Yacht Club

Details:

Port Management Act 1995 (Vic.)

Port Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2025

Set Aside Determination – Regulation 11(1)

Local port of Port Phillip

I, Sarah Auld, Regional Director - Maritime And Waterways 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)

(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 8.00am to 12:30pm on Saturday 7 February 2026.

Signed at Melbourne

by Sarah Auld

Acting Director Maritime & Waterways

on 27 January 2026

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 Frankston Swim Classic	That area of Port Phillip Bay adjacent to the Frankston Yacht Club, extending 200 metres offshore and continuing 500 metres north-east at the below approximate locations (WGS84), between 8.00am to 12:30pm on Saturday 7 February 2026: 1) 38°8.6720’S, 145°6.8860’E 2) 38°8.4180’S, 145°6.9910’E	Mariners are requested to avoid the competition area during the Set Aside period and follow the direction of event 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 Mornington Peninsula Triathlon Club, persons and vessels involved in the Frankston Swim Classic 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 1.2.7 of Schedule 1 – 5 knot speed restriction of East Port Phillip

6. Clause 1.2.9(j) of Schedule 1 - areas prohibited to vessels at Frankston Beach between Davey and Wells Street

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 on shore, and must adhere to speed and distance rules at all other times and item 6 for the duration of the event.

· Occupants of powered rescue vessels involved with the event must wear a lifejacket at all times during the event.

· Masters of mechanically powered LSV vessels up to and including 4.8 metres in length (other than personal watercraft) are exempt from the carriage of specified safety equipment whilst within visual range of a staffed lifesaving facility or flagged area, as per the Exemptions for Life Saving Victoria vessels in Exemption Notice 1.

· The exemptions apply from 8:15am to 12:30pm on Saturday 7 February 2026 to persons and vessels involved in the Frankston Swim Classic within the Set Aside waters adjacent to the Frankston Yacht Club extending, 200 metres offshore and continuing 500 metres north-east.

· 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: 27/01/26