Victorian Numbered Acts

MAJOR EVENTS (AERIAL ADVERTISING) ACT 2007 (NO. 13 OF 2007) - SECT 10

s. 10

    (1)     During the specified time in relation to a specified event, a person must not display commercial aerial advertising, or cause commercial aerial advertising to be displayed, without an aerial advertising authorisation if—

        (a)     that advertising is within sight of the specified venue where the specified event is being conducted; and

        (b)     that advertising is displayed in such a manner that the content can be seen by the human eye without the aid of optical apparatus other than contact lenses or spectacles.

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 to a person who flies an aircraft within sight of a specified venue during the specified time in relation to a specified event being conducted at that venue—

        (a)     in an emergency; or

        (b)     if the aircraft is used for, or in, the provision of emergency services; or

        (c)     for the purposes of gathering information for the reporting of news and the presentation of current affairs.

    (3)     Despite subsection (1), a person does not commit an offence against that subsection if the person has an aerial advertising authorisation for another specified event at another specified venue and the person carries out the activity referred to in subsection (1) in the course of conducting an activity authorised by that aerial advertising authorisation.