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208 Activity exclusion zones
S. 208(1) amended by No. 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 7.88).
(1) Safe Transport Victoria, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may prohibit—
(a) a person or class of person;
(b) a vessel or class of vessel—
from entering, or remaining in, a specified part of State waters for the period specified by the notice.
(2) Subject to this section and section 209, a port management body, local port manager or waterway manager, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may prohibit—
(a) a person or class of person;
(b) a vessel or class of vessel—
from entering, or remaining in, a specified part of waters under their control for the period specified by the notice.
(3) The period specified by a notice under subsection (1) or (2) must not exceed the prescribed period of time (if any).
S. 208(4) repealed by No. 55/2017 s. 20.
(5) A notice under subsection (1) or (2) must—
(a) describe the part of the waters to which the notice applies; and
(b) specify the person or class of person to whom, or vessel or class of vessel to which, the notice applies.
S. 209 (Heading) amended by No. 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 7.89).