Throwing things at a sporting event

In force

(1)

A person at a sporting event must not throw or propel an object that may—

(a)

injure a person; or

(b)

damage property; or

(c)

disrupt the event.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply to a person actually participating in a sporting event who throws or propels an object the person ordinarily throws or propels as part of the sporting event.

(3)

Also, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is a spectator at a sporting event who returns an object ordinarily used in the sporting event to a person actually participating in the sporting event in a way not intended to contravene subsection (1).Example for subsection (3)—returning to a cricket player a cricket ball that has been hit over the fence in a cricket match

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