s 14

Offence—interference with event

In force

(1)

A person commits an offence if, in an event venue, the person—

(a)

engages in violent or disorderly behaviour; or

(b)

disrupts, interferes with, delays or obstructs the conduct of the event, or an activity associated with the event; or

(c)

causes unreasonable disruption or unreasonable interference to a spectator of the event or a person conducting or managing the event or event venue.

Maximum penalty: 15 penalty units.

Examples—par (b)

 throwing flares, fireworks, balls, bottles or other objects

 damaging the playing surface of a sporting field

Examples—par (c)

 displaying a sign or gesturing in a way that is reasonably likely to agitate other people

 intentionally blocking the view of someone else

(2)

In this section:

event means—

(a)

a major event; or

(b)

an important sporting event.

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