Queensland Consolidated Acts

PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY ACT 1992 - SECT 6

6 Legal immunity for participant in public assembly

(1) If a public assembly—

(a) is an authorised public assembly; and

(b) is peaceful; and

(c) is held substantially in accordance with—

(i) the relevant particulars; and

(ii) any relevant conditions;

a person who participates in the assembly does not, merely because of the participation, incur any civil or criminal liability because of the obstruction of a public place.

(2) In this section—

"relevant condition" means a condition specified in relation to the assembly in—

(a) a notice under section 10 (2) (a) or (b) ; or

(b) an order of a Magistrates Court under section 12 or 14 ;

"relevant particulars" means the particulars given in the assembly notice for the assembly (except so far as any of the particulars are inconsistent with a relevant condition).