Aids to navigation—installation
17 Aids to navigation—installation
A person specified in subregulation (2) has a prescribed consent to install a new aid to navigation on marine and coastal Crown land if—
the purpose of the installation is—
to temporarily identify a navigation hazard; or
to indicate the location of any of the following—
a fisheries reserve declared by an Order made under section 88 of the Fisheries Act 1995;
commercial aquaculture equipment within an aquaculture site that is covered by a lease under section 134 of the Land Act 1958 or a licence under section 17(2)(a) of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978;
an area used for an activity described in section 49(2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) of the Fisheries Act 1995;
a mooring area within the meaning of the Port Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2025;
an activity exclusion zone specified in a notice published in the Government Gazette under section 208(1) or (2) of the Marine Safety Act 2010; and
the installation does not involve the excavation of any seabed or land that is not associated with the installation; and
the installation minimises any damage to the marine and coastal environment; and
the installation does not involve the installation of a fish aggregating device within the meaning of the Sea Installations Act 1987 of the Commonwealth.
The following persons are specified—
a port manager responsible for the new aid to navigation;
a waterway manager responsible for the new aid to navigation;
a Crown land manager responsible for the marine and coastal Crown land on which the new aid to navigation is to be situated;
Safe Transport Victoria;
the Victorian Fisheries Authority.
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