New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1988 - SECT 23

23 Authorised public assemblies

(1) For the purposes of this Part, a public assembly is an authorised public assembly if--

(a) notice, in writing, of intention to hold the public assembly, addressed to the Commissioner, has been served on the Commissioner, and

(b) if a form of notice has been prescribed, the notice is in or to the effect of the prescribed form, and

(c) the notice contains the following particulars--

(i) the date on which it is proposed to hold the public assembly,

(ii) if the proposed public assembly is not a procession, a statement specifying the time and place at which it is intended that persons gather to participate in the proposed public assembly,

(iii) if the proposed public assembly is a procession, a statement specifying the time at which it is intended that the procession commence and the proposed route of the procession and, if it is intended that the procession should stop at places along that route for the purpose of enabling persons participating in the procession to be addressed or for any other purpose, a statement specifying those places,

(iv) the purpose for which the proposed public assembly is to be held,

(v) such other particulars as may be prescribed, and

(d) the notice specifies the number of persons who are expected to be participants in the proposed public assembly, and

(e) the notice--

(i) is signed by a person who indicates in the notice that he or she takes responsibility for organising and conducting the proposed public assembly, and

(ii) specifies the address of that person for the service on him or her of any notice for the purposes of this Part (which may include an address for the transmission of facsimiles or the sending of emails to the person), and

(f) the Commissioner has notified the organiser of the public assembly that the Commissioner does not oppose the holding of the public assembly or--

(i) if the notice was served on the Commissioner at least 7 days before the date specified in the notice as the date on which it is proposed to hold the public assembly--the holding of the public assembly is not prohibited by a Court under section 25 (1), or

(ii) if the notice was served on the Commissioner less than 7 days before that date--the holding of the public assembly is authorised by a Court under section 26.

(2) Without prejudice to any other method of serving a notice referred to in subsection (1) on the Commissioner, such a notice may be served by leaving it with any member of the Police Force or such other person as may be prescribed at the address prescribed as the address of the office of the Commissioner.