Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Major Sporting Events Act 2009 - SECT 43

Offence to broadcast without broadcasting authorisation

43. Offence to broadcast without broadcasting authorisation



(1) A person must not broadcast, telecast or transmit by any means whatever
any sound or image of an event to which this Division of this Part applies or
any part of that event at or from a place within or outside an event venue or
an event area for that event unless the person-

   (a)  has a broadcasting authorisation; and





   (b)  is acting in accordance with that broadcasting authorisation.

Penalty: 400 penalty units, in the case of a natural person; 2400 penalty
units, in the case of a body corporate.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the broadcast, telecast or transmission
is not for profit or gain, or for a purpose that includes profit or gain and-

   (a)  is not a substantial part of the event; or

   (b)  is for the purpose of-

   (i)  criticism or review; or

   (ii) parody or satire; or

   (iii) the reporting of news; or

   (iv) a judicial proceeding or the giving or receiving of legal advice; or

   (v)  providing official library services for a member of Parliament; or

   (vi) private and domestic use.