1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Sporting Venues Authorities Regulation 2014.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 September 2014 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.Note—This Regulation replaces the Sporting Venues Authorities Regulation 2008 which is repealed on 1 September 2014 by section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
3 Definition
(1) In this Regulation:the Act means the Sporting Venues Authorities Act 2008.Note—The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Regulation.(2) Notes in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.
4 Conditions of entry and use of sporting venues
(1) A sporting venues authority may impose conditions on persons entering or using any land, or facility on land, vested in or managed by the sporting venues authority.(2) Such conditions may be imposed by means of notices displayed in, or at the boundary or entrance to, the land or facility to which the notices relate or by means of written notices given to persons entering or using the land or facility.(3) Without limiting subclause (1), such conditions may deal with the following:(a) designating points of entry to any land or facility,(b) closing any land or facility to the public,(c) reserving any land or facility for a particular use or for the use of particular persons or bodies or a particular sector of the public,(d) imposing fees and charges on persons entering or using any land or facility,(e) regulating or prohibiting the use of any land or facility or the carrying out of activities (including driving vehicles) in respect of any land or facility.
5 Removal of persons from sporting venues
(1) A ranger or police officer may direct a person to leave any land, or facility on land, vested in or managed by a sporting venues authority if, in the opinion of the ranger or police officer, the person is:(a) trespassing, or(b) committing any offence, or(c) contravening any condition of entry or use, or(d) causing a nuisance or inconvenience to any other person in the sporting venue.(2) A person to whom such a direction is given must comply with the direction.Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.(3) A person who fails to comply with such a direction may be removed from the land or facility by a ranger or police officer.(4) Reasonable force may be used to effect the person’s removal.(5) A person who has been given a direction under subclause (1), or who has been removed from any land or facility under subclause (3), must not re-enter the land or facility for a period of 48 hours after the direction was given or after he or she was removed from the land or facility, whichever is later.Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.(6) A person is not guilty of an offence under subclause (2) unless it is established that the ranger or police officer warned the person that the failure to comply with the direction is an offence.
6 Sporting venues authorities may ban persons for specified period
(1) A sporting venues authority may, by notice in writing served on a person, ban the person from entering land vested in or managed by the authority (or a facility on such land) as specified in the notice for the period specified in the notice (not exceeding 12 months).(2) A sporting venues authority may only ban a person under this clause if the person has:(a) been removed, under clause 5 (3), from any land or facility vested in or managed by the authority, or(b) been convicted of an offence under clause 5 (2) or (5) in relation to any land or facility vested in or managed by the authority, or(c) committed any other offence under any other law in relation to any land or a facility of the authority.(3) Without limiting subclause (1), a sporting venues authority may ban a person from entering land or a facility under this clause during any period that the person is banned, under the Sporting Venues (Invasions) Act 2003, from a designated sporting venue within the meaning of that Act.(4) A person who is banned under this clause from entering land or a facility must not enter the land or facility concerned during the period of the ban.Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
7 Boards of regional sporting venues authorities
A member of a board of management for a regional sporting venues authority may be re-appointed, but only if the member’s total term of office will not exceed 8 years.cl 7: Subst 2016 (181), cl 3 (1). Am 2017 (83), cl 3.
8 Exercise of board’s functions by appointee
(1) For the purposes of section 14 (5) of the Act, the Minister may, at any time that a board of management for a regional sporting venues authority is not constituted, appoint a person or body to exercise such functions of the board as are specified in the instrument of appointment.(2) A person or body exercising functions under this clause is subject to the control and direction of the Minister in the exercise of those functions.(3) The Minister is to ensure that the board of management is constituted as soon as practicable after making an appointment under this clause.(4) The constitution of a board of management by the Minister does not affect the exercise of any function by a person or body under this clause, and that person or body can continue to exercise the function to the exclusion of the board of management until such time as the Minister directs.(5) Despite subclause (4), a person or body may not be appointed to exercise functions of the board under this clause for a period that exceeds 6 months. However, such a person or body may be re-appointed for a further period or further periods.
9 Advisory committees
For the purposes of section 33A (7) of the Act, a member of an advisory committee may be appointed for a maximum term of 3 years and may be re-appointed, but only if the member’s total term of office will not exceed 6 years.cl 9: Am 2016 (181), cl 3 (2).
10 Local Venues Councils
(1) Each Local Venues Council has the following additional functions in relation to those venues in respect of which the Council is to provide advice to Venues NSW:(a) consultation with stakeholders and other persons about the operation of those venues,(b) providing information and advice about plans or proposals with respect to those venues,(c) providing advice in relation to the improvement of those venues,(d) providing advice with respect to events and tourism, sport and recreation development and community participation.(2) The functions under subclause (1) (a)–(d) are not to be exercised to the exclusion of Venues NSW.(3) The Minister is to appoint a chairperson for each Local Venues Council and those persons may also be appointed to the board of management of Venues NSW.(4) In this clause:Local Venues Council means the following advisory committees referred to in clause 18 of Schedule 5 to the Act:(a) Hunter Local Venues Council,(b) Illawarra Local Venues Council,(c) Western Sydney Local Venues Council.
11 Penalty notice offences
(1) For the purposes of section 38 of the Act:(a) each offence created by a provision specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 is a prescribed offence, and(b) the prescribed penalty for such an offence is the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1 or, if the person alleged to have committed the offence is a corporation and a penalty is specified in Column 3 of Schedule 1, the amount specified in Column 3 of Schedule 1.(2) If the reference to a provision in Column 1 of Schedule 1 is qualified by words that restrict its operation to specified kinds of offences or to offences committed in specified circumstances, an offence created by the provision is a prescribed offence only if it is an offence of a kind so specified or is committed in the circumstances so specified.
Schedule 1 Penalty notice offences
(Clause 11)
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision | Penalty for individuals (and corporations where no penalty in Column 3) $ | Penalty for corporations $ |
Offences under Sporting Venues Authorities Regulation 2014 | ||
Clause 5 (5) | 300 | |