Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Australian Grands Prix Act 1994 - SECT 51

Regulations

51. Regulations



(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to-

   (a)  the control, management and use of the declared area in respect of a
        year during the race period in respect of that year or of a designated
        access area;

   (b)  the prohibition or regulation of any activity in the declared area in
        respect of a year during the race period in respect of that year or in
        a designated access area;

   (c)  the exclusion or expulsion from the declared area in respect of a year
        during the race period in respect of that year or from a designated
        access area of persons found contravening the regulations;

   (ca) for the purpose of the safe and orderly carrying out of works,
        provision of services or undertaking of activities in the declared
        area in respect of a year or in a designated access area, the
        regulation of the conduct of persons within that declared area or
        designated access area, during a specified period not exceeding 17
        weeks and-

   (i)  beginning not more than 12 weeks before the race period in respect of
        that year; and

   (ii) ending not more than 4 weeks after that race period;

   (cb) the exclusion or expulsion, during a specified period not exceeding 17
        weeks and-

   (i)  beginning not more than 12 weeks before the race period in respect of
        a year; and

   (ii) ending not more than 4 weeks after that race period- from the declared
        area in respect of that year or from a designated access area of
        persons who, within the area, obstruct, hinder or endanger the
        carrying out of works, the provision of services or any other activity
        undertaken by or on behalf of the Corporation under this Act;

   (d)  the prohibition or regulation of the driving or parking or leaving
        parked of vehicles within the declared area in respect of a year
        during the race period in respect of that year or within a designated
        access area;

   (e)  the prohibition or regulation of any activity in an area fenced off or
        cordoned off in accordance with section 32 or 32A;

   (f)  prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted by this
        Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to
        this Act.

(2) The regulations-

   (a)  may be of general or limited application;

   (b)  may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance;

   (c)  may confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified
        person or class of persons;

   (d)  may impose a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units for a
        contravention of the regulations.





(3) Regulations made under this section may be disallowed in whole or in part
by resolution of either House of the Parliament in accordance with the
requirements of section 6(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1962.

(4) Disallowance under subsection (3) is deemed to be disallowance by the
Parliament for the purposes of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1962.

(5) In proceedings in respect of an offence against a regulation-

   (a)  an allegation in the complaint that a person named in the complaint
        was the owner of a specified vehicle on a specified day is deemed to
        be proved in the absence of evidence to the contrary; and

   (b)  if it is proved that a vehicle was parked on any land in contravention
        of a regulation, it shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to
        the contrary, that the vehicle was so parked by the owner of the
        vehicle.

(6) If a member of the police force or a person authorised in writing by the
Corporation for the purposes of this subsection has reason to believe that a
person has committed an offence against a regulation under subsection (1)(d),
he or she may cause to be served an infringement notice.

(6A) An offence referred to in subsection (6) for which an infringement notice
may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the
Infringements Act 2006.

(6B) The infringement penalty for an offence referred to in subsection (6) is
the prescribed penalty in respect of the offence.



(7) Part 7 of the Road Safety Act 1986 applies in respect of an infringement
referred to in subsection (6) as if the infringement were a parking
infringement within the meaning of that Part.

(8) A reference in section 458 of the Crimes Act 1958 to an offence includes a
reference to an offence against a regulation made under this Act.