Victorian Repealed Acts Victorian Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
Definitions
3. Definitions
(1) In this Act-
ACGA means the Australian Commonwealth Games Association Inc.;
ACGA director means a director of the Board appointed pursuant to section
4J(2)(b);
ACGA indicia or images means-
(a) the name "Australian Commonwealth Games Association";
(b) the ACGA logo, the general design of which is set out in Part 1 of
Schedule 3; advertising on boats authorisation means an authorisation
given by the Corporation under section 56KJA;
Advisory Committee means a Commonwealth Games Advisory Committee established
under Part 2; aerial advertising authorisation means an authorisation given by
the Corporation under section 56KG;
Australian Commonwealth Games Team means the athletes and officials selected
by ACGA to represent Australia in the Commonwealth Games and who are
accredited by CGF as participants in the Commonwealth Games;
authorised officer means a person appointed under Division 1 of Part 6 to be
an authorised officer;
Board means the board of directors of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
Corporation;
broadcasting authorisation means an authorisation given by the Corporation
under section 56KA;
broadcasting equipment means equipment used-
(a) to broadcast, telecast or transmit by any means whatever any sound or
image; or
(b) to make a sound recording; or
(c) to make a recording of moving images, whether by film, television,
video, digitally or otherwise- and includes a film, digitally recorded
images and a sound recording; CGF means
The Commonwealth Games Federation;
CGF director means a director of the Board appointed pursuant to section
4J(2)(a);
CGF indicia or images means-
(a) the name "The Commonwealth Games Federation";
(b) the CGF logo, the general design of which is set out in Part 2 of
Schedule 3; chief executive officer means the chief executive officer
of the Corporation employed under section 4T;
Commonwealth Games means the Commonwealth Games to be held principally in
Melbourne in 2006; Commonwealth Games event means an event conducted as part
of the Commonwealth Games and includes-
(a) a sporting event; and
(b) the Queen's Baton Relay; and
(c) a test event; and
(d) a live site associated with the Commonwealth Games; and
(e) a cultural event associated with the Commonwealth Games;
Commonwealth Games logo means-
(a) a Commonwealth Games logo or any part of a Commonwealth Games logo,
the general design of which is set out in Schedule 4;
(b) any other logo that is prescribed to be a Commonwealth Games logo or
any part of such a logo; Commonwealth Games project means a project
declared under section 15 to be a Commonwealth Games project;
Commonwealth Games reference means-
(a) any of the following words, expressions or figures-
(i) "Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games";
(ii) "Melbourne 2006 Games";
(iii) "Melbourne Games";
(iv) "Melbourne Commonwealth Games";
(v) "Melbourne2006";
(vi) "M2006";
(vii) "M06";
(viii) "Australian Commonwealth Games";
(ix) "Commonwealth Games";
(x) "the Friendly Games";
(xi) any other combination of the words "Commonwealth Games" or "Games" and
the numbers "2006", "18th" or "XVIIIth";
(xii) "Australian Commonwealth Games Team";
(xiii) "Commonwealth Games Cultural Program";
(xiv) "Melbourne 2006 Cultural Program";
(xv) "M06 Cultural Program";
(xvi) "Queen's Baton Relay";
(xvii) "bronze", "silver" or "gold";
(b) any words, expressions or figures that are prescribed to be
Commonwealth Games references; Note It may be an offence under this
Act to use these terms in the circumstances set out in sections 56L,
56M, 56N and 56O. Commonwealth Games venue means an area declared
under section 14 to be a Commonwealth Games venue; Corporation means
the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation established under
Part 1A;
designated access area means an area declared under section 16 to be a
designated access area; designated access area Order means an Order made under
section 16; development has the same meaning as it has in the
Planning and Environment Act 1987;
distress signal means a pyrotechnic device intended for signalling, warning,
rescue or similar purposes, and includes marine flares and signals, landing
flares, highway fusees, line-carrying rockets, anti-hail rockets, cloud
rockets, avalanche rockets and smoke generators; facilities means-
(a) facilities required for, convenient for or ancillary to the hosting of
the Commonwealth Games, including, but not limited to-
(i) facilities for the conduct of sporting events;
(ii) training facilities for competitors;
(iii) hydrotherapy facilities;
(iv) media centres and other communications facilities for the media;
(v) residential accommodation for competitors, officials and members of
the media;
(vi) storage facilities for sporting, communication or other equipment;
(vii) catering facilities for sports venues, training facilities, media
centres and residential accommodation;
(viii) helicopter landing facilities;
(ix) support services facilities;
(b) Games related facilities;
(c) transport facilities and other infrastructure facilities associated
with-
(i) any facilities set out in paragraph (a); or
(ii) Games related facilities; Games management area means-
(a) a Commonwealth Games venue;
(b) a designated access area;
Games period means-
(a) March 2006; or
(b) if any order under section 3C is in force, the period specified in
that order; Games related facilities means any works, development,
infrastructure or services declared under section 3A to be Games
related facilities;
Games related indicia or images means-
(a) a Commonwealth Games logo;
(b) an insignia that is prescribed to be a Commonwealth Games insignia or
any part of such an insignia;
(c) a mascot that is prescribed to be a Commonwealth Games mascot or any
part of such a mascot;
(d) a pictogram that is prescribed to be a Commonwealth Games pictogram or
any part of such a pictogram;
(e) any other indicia or image that refers to or represents the
Commonwealth Games and that is prescribed to be a Commonwealth Games
indicia or image or any part of such an indicia or image;
(f) a Commonwealth Games reference; Games Village land means the land
shown hatched on the plan numbered LEGL./03-014 and lodged in the
Central Plan Office of the Department of Sustainability and
Environment but does not include any land excluded under subsection
(2); Games Village project means the project for-
(a) the development of the Commonwealth Games Village and the use of the
Games Village land before and during the Commonwealth Games; and
(b) the development, re-development and use of the Games Village land
after the Commonwealth Games; goods seizure period means the period
commencing on 1 January 2006 and ending on 31 March 2006;
laser pointer means a hand-held battery-operated article designed or adapted
to emit laser beams;
Office of Commonwealth Games Coordination means staff of the Department for
Victorian Communities engaged in the administration of this Act;
person, in Part 5A, includes a body or association (corporate or
unincorporated) and a partnership;
prohibited item means-
(a) an animal (other than, if the person is blind, deaf or otherwise
suffering a disability, a guide dog used by that person or to assist
that person);
(b) a laser pointer;
(c) fireworks or a distress signal;
(d) a dangerous article within the meaning of the
Control of Weapons Act 1990;
(e) a whistle or loud hailer;
(f) a public address system, electronic equipment, broadcast equipment or
similar device which may interfere with broadcast equipment or similar
devices being used by the Secretary, the Corporation or a person
authorised under this Act to use such equipment or devices;
(g) a prohibited weapon or controlled weapon within the meaning of the
Control of Weapons Act 1990, the possession of which would constitute
an offence under that Act;
(h) a firearm within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1996, the possession
of which would constitute an offence under that Act;
(i) a flag or banner which-
(i) is larger than 1 metre by 1 metre; or
(ii) has a handle longer than 1×8 metres;
(j) a bicycle, scooter, skateboard, roller skates or roller blades;
(k) any items which are in such a quantity that a reasonable person could
infer that those items are to be used for commercial purposes;
(l) any item which the Minister declares under section 3D to be a
prohibited item; project Order means an Order made under section 15;
Queen's Baton Relay means the community relay event by which a message
from Her Majesty the Queen to open the Commonwealth Games is conveyed,
including all associated activities and celebrations relating to the
journey of that message; restricted access area means an area that has
been marked off or caused to be marked off under section 49;
Secretary means-
(a) in Division 1 of Part 6, the person who for the time being is the
Department Head under the Public Administration Act 2004 of the
Department for Victorian Communities;
(b) except in Division 1 of Part 6, the body corporate constituted under
section 25A; seized goods or advertising material means goods or
advertising material seized under section 56V;
sponsorship-like arrangement means-
(a) a right to associate a person or a person's goods or services with-
(i) the Corporation; or
(ii) the Australian Commonwealth Games Team; or
(iii) ACGA; or
(iv) CGF; or
(v) the Commonwealth Games or any event or program associated with the
Commonwealth Games; or
(b) an affiliation or association (whether commercial or non-commercial)
with-
(i) the Corporation; or
(ii) the Australian Commonwealth Games Team; or
(iii) ACGA; or
(iv) CGF; or
(v) the Commonwealth Games or any event or program associated with the
Commonwealth Games; State director means a director of the Board
appointed pursuant to section 4J(2)(c);
test event means an event-
(a) conducted before the Commonwealth Games are held for the purpose of
testing the capacity and operational functions of a venue or
facilities to provide for a Commonwealth Games event; and
(b) in respect of which a declaration under section 3B is in force.
ticketed venue means a Commonwealth Games venue to which entry is only
permitted by a ticket issued by or on behalf of the Corporation;
vehicle has the same meaning as it has in the Road Safety Act 1986;
venue Order means an Order made under section 14; works has the same meaning
as it has in the Planning and Environment Act 1987.
(2) The Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may
declare land to be excluded from the Games Village land.
(3) If under the Public Administration Act 2004 the name of the Department for
Victorian Communities is changed, the reference in subsection (1) in the
definition of Secretary to that Department must, from the date when the name
is changed, be treated as a reference to the Department by its new name.