Sale and distribution of prescribed articles
8 Sale and distribution of prescribed articles
A person must not, without the written approval of the event organiser for a major event, during the sales control period for the event, sell or distribute, in a controlled area for the event, a prescribed article. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
in the case of a body corporate—$25 000;
in the case of a natural person—$5 000.
Subsection (1) places an evidential burden on the accused to show that the accused had the approval of the event organiser.
An authorised person may give a direction to a person who sells or distributes a prescribed article during the sales control period in a controlled area without the approval of the event organiser 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 under subsection (3). Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $5 000.
If a person fails or refuses to comply with a direction given under subsection (3) for the removal of a prescribed article, the authorised person may seize the article.
In this section—
authorised person, in relation to a major event, means—
the event organiser; or
a person authorised in writing by the event organiser to exercise powers under this section.
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