Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MAJOR EVENTS ACT 2014

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  
   5.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--MAJOR EVENTS AND IMPORTANT SPORTING EVENTS

           Division 2.1--Major event declaration

   6.      Major event—declaration  
   7.      Major event—declaration requirements  
   8.      Major event declaration—variation  

           Division 2.2--Important sporting event notice

   9.      Important sporting event—notice  
   10.     Important sporting event notice—requirements  

   PART 3--CROWD MANAGEMENT

           Division 3.1--Application—pt 3

   11.     Application—pt 3  

           Division 3.2--Crowd management

   12.     Meaning of prohibited item  
   13.     Offences—unauthorised entry to event venue  
   14.     Offence—interference with event  
   15.     Offence—possessing prohibited item  

           Division 3.3--Crowd management powers

   16.     Offence—authorised person may search personal property  
   17.     Offence—authorised person may do scanning search  
   18.     Offence—police officer may do other searches  
   19.     Scanning, ordinary and frisk searches—requirements  
   20.     Offence—police officer may ask for person's name and address  
   21.     Authorised person may refuse entry  
   22.     Authorised person may give direction  
   23.     Offences—failure to comply with direction  
   24.     Offence—ban orders  

   PART 4--PROTECTION OF COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENTS

           Division 4.1--Protected symbols

   25.     Application—div 4.1  
   26.     Notice of protected symbol  
   27.     Offences—unauthorised use of protected symbol  
   28.     When protected symbol is used for a commercial purpose—pt  
   29.     Presumption etc relating to advertising or promotion etc  

           Division 4.2--Clean zones

   30.     Application—div 4.2  
   31.     Definitions—div 4.2  
   32.     Notice of clean zone  
   33.     Offences—unauthorised street trading in or adjacent to clean zone  
   34.     Offence—unauthorised advertising in clean zone  
   35.     Offence—unauthorised advertising that is clearly visible from clean zone  
   36.     Exceptions—s 34 and s 35 offences  
   37.     Defences—s 34 and s 35 offences  

   PART 5--PROTECTION OF TICKETING ARRANGEMENTS

   38.     Definitions—pt 5  
   39.     Notice of protection of ticketing arrangements  
   40.     Offence—ticket-scalping  
   41.     Offence—unauthorised use of ticket for financial benefit  

   PART 6--AUTHORISED PEOPLE

           Division 6.1--Authorised people—appointment

   42.     Appointment of authorised people  
   43.     Identity cards  
   44.     Offences—authorised person must show identity card  

           Division 6.2--Powers of authorised people

   45.     Definition—div 6.2  
   46.     Power to enter premises  
   47.     Production of identity card  
   48.     Consent to entry  
   49.     General powers on entry to premises  
   50.     Police officer may seize things  

           Division 6.3--Return and forfeiture of things seized

   51.     Application—div 6.3  
   52.     Receipt for things seized  
   53.     Access to things seized  
   54.     Return of things seized  
   55.     Forfeiture of things seized  
   56.     Power to destroy unsafe thing  
   57.     Application for order disallowing seizure  
   58.     Order for return of seized thing  

           Division 6.4--Enforcement—miscellaneous

   59.     Damage etc to be minimised  

   PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS

           Division 7.1--Surrendered or confiscated prohibited items

   60.     Definitions—div 7.1  
   61.     Retention and return of certain prohibited items  
   62.     Storage and disposal of returnable items  

           Division 7.2--Other matters

   63.     Obligations of ticket sellers  
   64.     Compensation for exercise of search and enforcement powers  
   65.     Effect of disallowance of disallowable instrument  
   66.     Approved forms  
   67.     Regulation-making power  
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