Victorian Consolidated Legislation

World Swimming Championships Act 2004 - SECT 50V

Removal of vehicles or vessels obstructing Championships venue or designated access area

50V. Removal of vehicles or vessels obstructing Championships venue or
designated access area



(1) A member of the police force or an authorised officer may move or cause to
be moved a vehicle which is parked or left standing or a vessel which is
moored, anchored or adrift-

   (a)  in a Championships venue or a designated access area, if that vehicle
        or vessel, as the case requires, is not authorised to be in that venue
        or area; or

   (b)  so close to a Championships venue or a designated access area as to
        obstruct access to, or egress from, it by vehicles, vessels or
        pedestrians.

(2) A member of the police force or an authorised officer may move or cause to
be moved a vehicle which is parked or left standing or a vessel which is
moored, anchored or adrift in a Championships venue or a designated access
area if, in the opinion of the member of the police force or the authorised
officer (as the case requires), the vehicle or vessel is-

   (a)  a danger to other vehicles, vessels or persons in that venue or area;
        or

   (b)  causing or likely to cause traffic congestion; or





   (c)  hindering or obstructing, or likely to hinder or obstruct-

   (i)  a Championships event or an associated event, activity or program; or

   (ii) any activity associated with or ancillary to the Championships, a
        Championships event or an associated event, activity or program; or

   (iii) access to or egress from any facilities used for the purposes of the
        Championships.

(3) Subsection (2) applies whether or not the vehicle or vessel is authorised
to be in the Championships venue or the designated access area.

(4) A member of the police force acting in accordance with this section may-

   (a)  enter a vehicle or a vessel using, if necessary, reasonable force, for
        the purpose of conveniently or expeditiously moving it; and

   (b)  move the vehicle or vessel to the nearest convenient place.

(5) The Chief Commissioner of Police or the Corporation may recover from the
owner of a vehicle or vessel moved under this section any reasonable costs
incurred in moving it.

(6) In this section, owner-

   (a)  in relation to a vehicle, has the same meaning as it has in Part 7 of
        the Road Safety Act 1986; and

   (b)  in relation to a vessel, has the same meaning as it has in
        section 3(1) of the Marine Act 1988.

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