Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MAJOR EVENTS SECURITY ACT 2000 (REPEALED) - SECT 18

    (1)     This section applies if a declaration of a major event is disallowed under the Legislation Act 2001

.

    (2)      Despite the Legislation Act 2001

, section 84 (Saving of operation of repealed and amended laws)—

        (a)     if a person has been investigated or prosecuted for an offence against this Act in relation to the major event venue for the event—any investigation of or prosecution for the offence must be discontinued and a person is taken never to have been investigated or prosecuted for the offence; and

        (b)     if a person has been convicted for an offence against this Act in relation to the venue—

              (i)     the conviction for the offence is quashed; and

              (ii)     the person is taken never to have been convicted of the offence; and

              (iii)     any financial penalty and costs paid to the Territory must be refunded; and

        (c)     a civil or criminal proceeding does not lie against—

              (i)     the Territory for an act done or omitted to be done honestly by a police officer or occupier in relation to the venue in the exercise or purported exercise of a power given under this Act; and

              (ii)     a person who is or was a police officer or an occupier for an act done or omitted to be done honestly by the person in relation to the venue in the exercise or purported exercise of a power given under this Act.