Major Events Act 2009

The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, specify the following for a major event—

the period (the major event period) for which the declaration of the major event is in force,

the provisions of Part 4 that apply in relation to the major event and the period for which the provisions apply,

the person who is the promoter of the major event,

an area as a controlled area under section 37(1),

a sales control period for section 37,

prescribed articles for section 37,

a site as an advertising controlled site under section 39(1),

airspace as advertising controlled airspace under section 40(1),

a period as a parking control period for section 59,

a thing to be a prohibited thing for section 43(7), definition of prohibited thing.

To avoid doubt, a Ministerial order may provide that the responsible authority for a major event is the promoter of the major event.

A Ministerial order takes effect on—

the day the order is published in the Gazette, or

a later day specified in the order.