Victorian Current Acts

MAJOR EVENTS ACT 2009 - SECT 117

    (1)         During an advertising limitation period for an event to which this Part applies, a person must not display commercial advertising, or cause commercial advertising to be displayed, on a vessel that is within sight of the event venue or an event area unless the person—

        (a)     has an advertising on vessels authorisation; and

        (b)     is acting in accordance with that advertising on vessels authorisation.

Penalty:     400 penalty units, in the case of a natural person;

2400 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), a person does not commit an offence against that subsection if the person—

        (a)     has an advertising on vessels authorisation for another event to which this Part applies at another event venue or event area; and

        (b)     carries out the activity referred to in subsection (1) in the course of conducting an activity authorised by that advertising on vessels authorisation.