Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Major Sporting Events Act 2009 - SECT 90

Inspection

90. Inspection



(1) An authorised officer may-

   (a)  request a person to produce and open for inspection and search by an
        authorised officer any bag, basket, or other receptacle that the
        person-

   (i)  intends to take into an event venue or an event area; or

   (ii) has in an event venue or an event area;

   (b)  request a person to produce and empty of its contents any bag, basket
        or other receptacle that the person-

   (i)  intends to take into an event venue or an event area; or

   (ii) has in an event venue or an event area;

   (c)  request a person who intends to enter, or has entered, an event venue
        or an event area to turn out that person's pockets;

   (d)  request a person who intends to enter an event venue or an event area-

   (i)  to walk through screening equipment;

   (ii) to allow an officer to pass hand-held screening equipment over or
        around the person or around things in the person's possession;

   (iii) to allow things in the person's possession to pass through screening
        equipment or to be examined by X-ray.

(2) If a request under subsection (1)(b) or (1)(c) is made of a person by an
authorised officer-

   (a)  the person may request that the inspection be conducted in private;
        and

   (b)  the authorised officer must conduct the inspection in a private area
        set aside by the venue manager or event organiser for that purpose.

(3) For the purposes of inspection and search under this section, an
authorised officer may-

   (a)  search through any bag, basket or other receptacle; or

   (b)  search through and move the contents of that bag, basket or other
        receptacle; or

   (c)  search through and move the contents of a person's pockets turned out
        in accordance with subsection (1)(c).

(4) An authorised officer may direct a person not to enter the event venue or
event area for a period of 24 hours if the person refuses to comply with a
request made under subsection (1).

(5) An authorised officer may direct a person who is in an event venue or an
event area and who refuses to comply with a request under subsection (1) to
leave the event venue or event area and not re-enter the event venue or event
area for a period of 24 hours.

(6) In this section-

screening equipment means a metal detector or similar device for detecting
objects or particular substances.

Division 6-Infringements