Major Events Act 2009

For the purposes of this section, a Ministerial order may prescribe an area as a controlled area for a major event.

A controlled area must be—

the area comprising or comprising and adjacent to—

a transport facility or interchange, or

a major event area, or

a public place within 100m of—

a transport facility or interchange, or

a major event area.

A person must not sell or distribute a prescribed article during the sales control period in a controlled area without the approval of the responsible authority.

An authorised officer may give a direction to a person who sells or distributes any prescribed article during the sales control period in a controlled area without the approval of the responsible authority to remove the article, and any other prescribed articles within the person’s possession or under the person’s control, from the area immediately or by such other time as may be directed.

A person must not fail or refuse to comply with a direction given to the person by an authorised officer under subsection (3).

If a person fails or refuses to comply with a direction given under subsection (3) for the removal of a prescribed article, the article is forfeited to the Crown and may be seized by an authorised officer.

A person whose article is forfeited to the Crown under this section may appeal against the forfeiture to the Local Court within 21 days after the forfeiture.

The Local Court may determine the appeal by—

upholding the forfeiture, or

ordering the return of the article to the appellant, or

making such other order as it thinks fit.

The regulations may also make provision for or with respect to—

approvals under this section, including—

applications for approval, and

application fees, and

determination of applications, and

appeals against determinations of applications, and

the making and determination of appeals under subsection (7).

In this section—

sell by wholesale, retail, auction or tender,

hire,

barter or exchange,

supply for profit,

offer for sale or hire, receive for sale or hire, have in possession for sale or hire or expose or exhibit for sale or hire,

conduct negotiations for sale or hire,

consign or deliver for sale or hire,

solicit for sale or hire,

cause or permit anything referred to above,

A regulation for the purposes of the definition of sales control period in subsection (9) that extends a sales control period may be made before or during that period.