Major Events Act 2014

A person commits an offence if the person—

is in an event venue; and

without the permission of the event organiser or venue manager—

takes a prohibited item into the venue; or

has a prohibited item in the venue.

Maximum penalty: 25 penalty units.

For subsection (1) (b), a person is taken to have the permission of the event organiser or venue manager if the person takes a prohibited item into a venue, or possesses a prohibited item in the venue, because the person is—

exercising a function as an authorised person and the prohibited item is required for the exercise of the function; or

competing or participating in a major event or important sporting event in the event venue and the prohibited item is required for the person to compete or participate in the event.

An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

An authorised person may request the person to surrender the prohibited item.

If the person refuses to comply with the request, a police officer may confiscate the prohibited item.

Note 1 An authorised person may direct the person to leave the event venue for failing to comply with the request (see s 22).

Note 2 Div 7.1 provides for the retention, return and disposal of prohibited items surrendered or confiscated under this section or seized under s 50 (Police officer may seize things).

Division 3.3 Crowd management powers