Queensland Consolidated Acts

PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY ACT 1992 - SECT 15

15 Restrictions affecting application to authorise public assembly

(1) The organiser of a public assembly is not entitled to apply for an order under section 14 if the relevant authority, or each relevant authority, as the case requires, has notified the organiser in writing that the relevant authority does not oppose the holding of the assembly.

(2) The organiser is also not entitled to apply for the order unless a mediation process has been engaged in and the process has ended.

(3) The mediation process is taken to have ended if—

(a) a mediation session has been held at the request of the organiser and the session was attended by—

(i) the organiser; and

(ii) the representative of the relevant authority or each relevant authority, as the case may be; or

(b) the organiser requested that a mediation session be held, but the session was not held because—

(i) the matter was a matter that, under the Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990 , may not be the subject of a mediation session; or

(ii) the matter was not accepted for mediation under that Act; or

(c) the organiser requested that a mediation session be held, but—

(i) the representative of the relevant authority or a relevant authority, as the case may be—

(A) failed to attend, or participate in, the session; or

(B) withdrew from the session; or

(ii) the session was terminated under the Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990 .