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Queensland
Major Sports Facilities
Amendment Bill 2006
Queensland
Major Sports Facilities Amendment
Bill 2006
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 2 Amendment of Major Sports Facilities Act 2001
2 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new pts 4A and 4B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 4A Resale or purchase of tickets
30B Definitions for pt 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
30C Restriction on resale or purchase of tickets . . . . . . . . 5
Part 4B Advertising
30D Definitions for pt 4B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
30E Declaration of events and periods for this part . . . . . . 7
30F Restriction on advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
30G Authorised advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4 Amendment of s 32 (Offences). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5 Renumbering of pt 6, second div 3 (Transitional provision for
Major Sports Facilities Amendment Act 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6 Insertion of new pt 6, div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Division 5 Transitional provision for Major Sports
Facilities Amendment Act 2006
79 Effect of regulation amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Part 3 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Regulation
2000
8 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9 Amendment of sch 5 (Other legislation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2006
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001, and for
other purposes
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Major Sports Facilities 4
Amendment Act 2006. 5
Part 2 Amendment of Major Sports 6
Facilities Act 2001 7
Clause 2 Act amended in pt 2 8
This part amends the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001. 9
Clause 3 Insertion of new pts 4A and 4B 10
After part 4-- 11
insert-- 12
`Part 4A Resale or purchase of tickets 13
`30B Definitions for pt 4A 14
`In this part-- 15
authorised ticket agent, for a major sports facility event, 16
means an entity authorised by the event's organiser to sell 17
tickets to the event to the public. 18
non-profit organisation means an organisation that is not 19
carried on for the profit or gain of its individual members. 20
21
Examples of entities that may be non-profit organisations--
22
a charity, church, club or environmental protection society
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original ticket price, of a ticket to a major sports facility 1
event, means-- 2
(a) if the ticket was originally obtained from the event's 3
organiser--the price at which the organiser sells, to the 4
public, tickets of the same type for the event; or 5
(b) if the ticket was originally obtained from an authorised 6
ticket agent for the event--the price at which the agent 7
sells, to the public, tickets of the same type for the event, 8
including any fee, whatever called, charged by the agent 9
for the sale and included in the purchase price. 10
resell, a ticket to a major sports facility event, means to sell 11
the ticket-- 12
(a) at any time after it has been obtained from the event's 13
organiser or an authorised ticket agent for the event; and 14
(b) before the event takes place. 15
sell includes offer for sale. 16
ticket, to a major sports facility event, means a docket, token 17
or another item that entitles the person holding the docket, 18
token or item to attend the event on the day and at the time 19
indicated on the docket, token or item. 20
`30C Restriction on resale or purchase of tickets 21
`(1) A person must not, within or outside Queensland, resell a 22
ticket to a major sports facility event at a price greater than 23
10% above the original ticket price of the ticket. 24
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units. 25
`(2) A person must not, within or outside Queensland, purchase a 26
ticket to a major sports facility event from a person, other than 27
the event's organiser or an authorised ticket agent for the 28
event, at a price greater than 10% above the original ticket 29
price of the ticket. 30
Maximum penalty--5 penalty units. 31
`(3) Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to the resale or purchase 32
of a ticket, to a major sports facility event, by or from a 33
non-profit organisation, or someone acting for the 34
organisation, for fundraising. 35
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`(4) This section does not authorise the resale of a ticket to a major 1
sports facility event. 2
`Part 4B Advertising 3
`30D Definitions for pt 4B 4
`In this part-- 5
advertisement includes the following-- 6
(a) skywriting or sign-writing by an aircraft; 7
(b) a banner or other sign attached to-- 8
(i) an aircraft, or a hang-glider, parachute, paraglider 9
or similar device; or 10
(ii) a person suspended from an aircraft, or a 11
hang-glider, parachute, paraglider or similar 12
device; 13
(c) matter on an aircraft, or a hang-glider, parachute, 14
paraglider or similar device, other than matter not 15
intended for advertising; 16
(d) matter on a building or other structure, or a banner or 17
other sign attached to a building or other structure, other 18
than matter not intended for advertising; 19
(e) matter on a flag, other than a state or national flag, that 20
has an area of more than 5m2, other than matter not 21
intended for advertising; 22
(f) any laser or digital projection of advertising. 23
aircraft includes airship, blimp, helicopter and hot-air 24
balloon. 25
declared event means a major sports facility event declared to 26
be a declared event for this part under section 30E. 27
declared period, for a major sports facility, means a period 28
declared under section 30E as a period for which this part 29
applies to the facility in relation to the staging, at the facility, 30
of a declared event. 31
display includes cause to be displayed. 32
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`30E Declaration of events and periods for this part 1
`(1) The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, declare-- 2
(a) a major sports facility event as a declared event for this 3
part; and 4
(b) the period for which this part applies, in relation to the 5
declared event, to the major sports facility at which the 6
declared event is to be staged. 7
`(2) The declaration must be made at least 28 days before the start 8
of the period mentioned in subsection (1)(b). 9
`30F Restriction on advertising 10
`(1) A person must not display an advertisement in airspace, or on 11
a building or other structure, that is within sight of a major 12
sports facility during a declared period for the facility, unless 13
the display is authorised under section 30G. 14
Maximum penalty--700 penalty units. 15
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following-- 16
(a) an advertisement that is a logo, symbol or similar matter 17
displayed on a building or other structure on more than a 18
temporary basis; 19
(b) an advertisement displayed on an aircraft within sight of 20
the major sports facility if the aircraft is in transit as part 21
of a scheduled commercial flight. 22
`30G Authorised advertising 23
`(1) The Authority may, on written application by a person, 24
authorise the display of an advertisement in airspace, or on a 25
building or other structure, within sight of a major sports 26
facility during a declared period for the facility. 27
`(2) However, the Authority may authorise the display only if the 28
Authority is satisfied the display is appropriate for the 29
declared event to which the declared period relates, having 30
regard to the following-- 31
(a) any effect of the advertisement on the organisation or 32
staging of the event; 33
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(b) whether or not there are any commercial arrangements 1
about the advertisement with the Authority or the 2
event's organiser; 3
(c) whether or not the advertisement is consistent with other 4
advertisements approved for the event and the 5
arrangements mentioned in paragraph (b); 6
(d) any effect of the advertisement on how the facility is 7
perceived by persons intending or likely to stage events 8
at the facility in the future. 9
`(3) The Authority may impose conditions on the display of the 10
advertisement under the authorisation, including, for example, 11
conditions about the following-- 12
(a) the period for which the display is authorised under the 13
approval; 14
(b) the circumstances in which the display is authorised 15
under the approval; 16
(c) the persons who are authorised to display the 17
advertisement under the approval; 18
(d) the types of advertisements that are authorised to be 19
displayed under the approval.'. 20
Clause 4 Amendment of s 32 (Offences) 21
Section 32, heading-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`32 Conduct on facility land'. 24
Clause 5 Renumbering of pt 6, second div 3 (Transitional provision 25
for Major Sports Facilities Amendment Act 2005) 26
Part 6, division 3, second mention-- 27
renumber as division 4. 28
Clause 6 Insertion of new pt 6, div 5 29
Part 6-- 30
insert-- 31
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`Division 5 Transitional provision for Major 1
Sports Facilities Amendment Act 2
2006 3
`79 Effect of regulation amendment 4
`The amendment of the State Penalties Enforcement 5
Regulation 2000 by the Major Sports Facilities Amendment 6
Act 2006 does not affect the power of the Governor in Council 7
to further amend the regulation or to repeal it.'. 8
Clause 7 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 9
Schedule 2-- 10
insert-- 11
`advertisement, for part 4B, see section 30D. 12
aircraft, for part 4B, see section 30D. 13
authorised ticket agent, for part 4A, see section 30B. 14
declared event, for part 4B, see section 30D. 15
declared period, for part 4B, see section 30D. 16
display, for part 4B, see section 30D. 17
major sports facility event means a national or international 18
sport, recreational or entertainment event, or special event, 19
staged at a major sports facility. 20
non-profit organisation, for part 4A, see section 30B. 21
organiser, of a major sports facility event, means the entity 22
that-- 23
(a) is responsible for organising the event; and 24
(b) will receive revenue from the sale of tickets to the event. 25
original ticket price, for part 4A, see section 30B. 26
resell, for part 4A, see section 30B. 27
sell, for part 4A, see section 30B. 28
ticket, for part 4A, see section 30B.'. 29
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Part 3 Amendment of State Penalties 1
Enforcement Regulation 2000 2
Clause 8 Regulation amended in pt 3 3
This part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 4
2000. 5
Clause 9 Amendment of sch 5 (Other legislation) 6
(1) Schedule 5, entry for the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001-- 7
insert-- 8
`s 30C(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
s 30C(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/ '.
2
(2) Schedule 5, entry for the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001, 9
entry for authorised person for service of infringement 10
notices-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Authorised person for service of infringement notices-- 13
(a) for an offence against section 30C(1) or (2)--a police officer; 14
or 15
(b) for an offence against another provision--an authorised 16
person appointed under the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001, 17
schedule 1, section 11'. 18
© State of Queensland 2006
1 Major Sports Facilities Act 2001, schedule 1 (Control of traffic on facility land),
section 1 (Appointment)
AMENDMENTS TO BILL
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Major Sports Facilities Amendment Bill 2006
Major Sports Facilities Amendment
Bill 2006
Amendments agreed to during Consideration
1 Clause 1 (Short title)--
At page 4, line 5, after `Act'--
insert--
`(No. 2)'.
2 Clause 3 (Insertion of new pts 4A and 4B)--
At page 5, after line 10--
insert--
`public sale forum means a newspaper, auction house,
internet website or other venue or medium that, in the
ordinary course of business or commerce, is generally made
available to members of the public to sell to, or purchase
from, other members of the public, all, or broad categories of,
property and services.'.
3 Clause 3 (Insertion of new pts 4A and 4B)--
At page 6, after line 2--
insert--
`(5) A person does not contravene subsection (1) or (2) merely
because the person provides, or assists someone else to
provide, a public sale forum that is used in contravention of
subsection (1) or (2).'.
4 Clause 7 (Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary))--
At page 9, after line 20--
insert--
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`national or international, sport event, includes, for
example--
(a) a sport event that is organised at a national or
international level or by a national or international body;
and
(b) a sport event between a team representing 1 State or
country and a team representing another State or
country; and
Example--
the rugby league `State of Origin' series
(c) a sport event between a team representing a State, or a
part of a State, and a team representing another country,
or a part of another country.
Examples--
· a game of cricket between a team representing Queensland
and a team representing England
· the rugby union `Super 14' competition'.
5 Clause 7 (Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary))--
At page 9, after line 26--
insert--
`public sale forum, for part 4A, see section 30B.'.
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