Major Events Act 2009

The responsible authority for a major event may do any one or more of the following—

limit the number of persons who may enter a major event area or any part of a major event area,

prohibit categories of persons from entering, or limit categories of persons who may enter, or limit the number of persons within categories of persons who may enter, a major event area or any part of a major event area,

close a major event area or any part of a major event area to the public,

charge admission to a major event area or any part of a major event area,

prohibit persons from entering a major event area or any part of a major event area—

if they are in possession of any prohibited thing, or

if, in the opinion of a person authorised by the responsible authority, they are or appear to be intoxicated.

The responsible authority for a major event may do any one or more of the following—

prohibit the entry of vehicles or vessels to a major event area or any part of a major event area,

regulate or otherwise control the entry of vehicles or vessels to a major event area or any part of a major event area,

refuse to admit a vehicle or vessel to a major event area or any part of a major event area.

The responsible authority may take any action referred to in subsection (1) or (2) by means of the erection of a sign or the giving of a direction to the person concerned.

A person must not do anything in wilful contravention of a sign erected or a direction given under this section.

Nothing in this section limits any other function of the responsible authority under this Act.

This section does not prohibit a person with a disability (within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 of the Commonwealth) from being accompanied by an assistance animal (that is, an animal referred to in section 9 of that Act).

In this section, prohibited thing means the following—

an animal,

a distress signal,

dangerous goods (within the meaning of the Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008),

a firearm, or ammunition, within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1996,

a prohibited weapon within the meaning of the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998,

a firework,

any other thing specified by a Ministerial order for the purposes of this definition.