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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
South Australia
A BILL FOR
An Act to facilitate the holding and conduct of major events in South
Australia; and for other purposes.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short title
2Commencement
3Objects
4Interpretation
5Meaning of major event
venue
6Meaning of ambush
marketing
Part 2—Regulations declaring major
events
7Regulations declaring major
events
Part 3—Commercial
activities, broadcasting and airspace controls
Division 1—Regulation
of certain commercial activities
8Sale and distribution of prescribed
articles
9Ticket scalping
10Ambush
marketing
Division 2—Regulation of
broadcasting
11Unauthorised broadcasting
Division 3—Control of
airspace
12Control of airspace
13Prohibition of certain aerial
advertising
Division 4—Use of
official logos and official titles
14Minister may declare official logo or official
title
15Event organiser may
authorise use of official logo or official title
16Minister may authorise
non-commercial use of official logo or official title
17Contents of
authorisation
18Register of authorisations
19Use of official logos
and official titles that does not require authorisation
20Offence to use without
authorisation official logos or official titles
Part 4—Miscellaneous
21Entry to and exit from
major event venue
22Possession of flares and explosive devices at
major event venue
23Obstruction or interference at major
event
24Entering restricted areas at major event
venue
25Power
to remove persons from major event venue
26Powers of authorised persons at major event
venues
27Forfeiture etc of
seized items and goods
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Major Events Act 2013.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
The objects of this Act are as follows:
(a) to attract, support and facilitate the holding and conduct of major
events in the State, in particular, events that are anticipated to be of a large
scale with a significant number of participants or spectators (whether of a
sporting, cultural or other nature);
(b) to increase the benefits flowing from major events to the people of
the State;
(c) to promote the safety and enjoyment of participants and spectators at
major events;
(d) to prevent unauthorised commercial exploitation of major events,
including ambush marketing, at the expense of event organisers and
sponsors.
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
advertising controlled airspace—see
section 7(3);
ambush marketing—see
section 6;
controlled area—see
section 7(3);
event organiser for a major event means a person designated
in the regulations as the organiser for the event;
major event means an event declared by the regulations to be
a major event;
major event period, in relation to a major event, means the
period specified in the regulations for which the declaration of the major event
is in force;
major event venue—see
section 5;
official insignia means an official logo, official symbol or
official title;
official logo means a logo that is declared to be an official
logo under
Part 3
Division 4;
official symbol means a combination of an official logo and
an official title;
official title means a name, title or expression that is
declared to be an official title under
Part 3
Division 4;
prescribed article—see
section 7(3);
public place means—
(a) a place that—
(i) the public is entitled to use; or
(ii) is open to members of the public; or
(iii) is used by the public,
whether or not on payment of money; or
(b) a place that the occupier allows members of the public to enter,
whether or not on payment of money;
road has the same meaning as in the Road
Traffic Act 1961;
road-related area has the same meaning as in the Road
Traffic Act 1961;
sales control period—see
section 7(3).
(2) For the purposes of this Act, goods will be taken to be marked with
official insignia if such insignia are affixed or annexed to, marked on, or
incorporated in or with—
(a) the goods; or
(b) any covering or container in which the goods are wholly or partly
enclosed; or
(c) anything placed in or attached to any such covering or container;
or
(d) anything that is attached to the goods or around which the goods are
wrapped or wound.
5—Meaning
of major event venue
For the purposes of this Act, a major event venue
is—
(a) any of the following that has been declared to be a major event venue
by the regulations:
(i) a venue or facility used for the conduct of a major event (including
ancillary, service or related areas used in connection with such a venue or
facility);
(ii) a media centre or other communications facility for the media for a
major event;
(iii) physical infrastructure associated with a major event; and
(b) a public place, or any part of a public place, that is within
50 metres of a major event venue, being a public place, or part of a public
place, specified in the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph;
and
(c) any other place prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
definition,
but is only such a venue during the relevant major event period.
For the purposes of this Act, the following marketing activities constitute
ambush marketing:
(a) taking advantage of the holding and conduct of a major event to
promote a person, goods or services without the approval of the event organiser;
and
(b) any other activity that would suggest to a reasonable person that a
person, goods or services have a sponsorship, approval or affiliation that they
do not have with—
(i) a major event; or
(ii) the event organiser of a major event; or
(iii) any event or activity associated with a major event.
Part 2—Regulations
declaring major events
7—Regulations
declaring major events
(1) The Governor
may make such regulations as are necessary or expedient for the purposes of this
Act.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of
subsection (1),
the regulations may—
(a) declare an event to be a major event; and
(b) specify the major
event period for the event; and
(c) declare a major event venue for the purposes of the event;
and
(d) designate a person as the event organiser for the event; and
(e) require the event organiser to prepare a major event plan in
connection with the event; and
(f) provide for the admission, exclusion or expulsion of members of the
public to or from the major event venue or a part of the major event venue;
and
(g) prohibit disorderly or offensive behaviour at the major event venue;
and
(h) prohibit or regulate eating, drinking (including liquor), smoking or
the consumption of unlawful substances at the major event venue or a part of the
major event venue; and
(i) prohibit or regulate any other conduct or activities for the purposes
of maintaining good order, and preventing interference with events or activities
conducted, at the major event venue; and
(j) close specified
roads to traffic for a specified period—
(i) for the purposes of the event; and
(ii) for the purposes of maintaining good order, or preventing
interference with events or activities conducted, at the major event venue;
and
(k) prohibit or regulate the driving, parking or standing of vehicles at
the major event venue; and
(l) fix fees and provide for the payment, recovery, refund, waiver or
reduction of such fees; and
(m) prescribe penalties not exceeding $1 250 for breach of any
regulation.
(3) Without limiting
the generality of the previous subsections, regulations declaring an event to be
a major event may—
(a) declare that
Part 3, or a
provision of
Part 3, applies to
any (or all) of the following:
(i) the event;
(ii) the major event venue declared for the event;
(iii) a specified controlled area declared for the event; and
(b) declare an area shown on a map in the regulations to be a
controlled area for the event; and
(c) declare an article of a prescribed class to be a prescribed
article in relation to the event; and
(d) declare a prescribed period to be a sales control period
in relation to the event; and
(e) declare airspace that is within unaided sight of a major event venue
for the event to be advertising controlled airspace for the period
prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
(4) A controlled area
declared for a major event may include—
(a) a road or road-related area; and
(b) a bridge, footpath or other thoroughfare; and
(c) any other public place, or part of any other public place,
within the vicinity of a major event venue for the event.
(5) Without limiting
subsection (2)(b), a
major event period may include a period to set up or prepare for the major event
and to pack up or clean up after the event and to replace, restore or remove any
infrastructure or equipment.
(6) The regulations may—
(a) be of general or limited application; and
(b) make different provision according to the persons, things or
circumstances to which they are expressed to apply; and
(c) provide that any matter or thing is to be determined, dispensed with,
regulated or prohibited according to the discretion of the Minister or another
prescribed person or authority.
(7) In proceedings for an offence against a regulation dealing with the
driving, parking or standing of vehicles—
(a) an allegation in a complaint that a person named in the complaint was
the owner of a specified vehicle on a specified day will be taken to be proved
in the absence of proof to the contrary; and
(b) if it is proved that a vehicle was parked in contravention of a
regulation, it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that
the vehicle was so parked by the owner of the vehicle.
(8) A regulation under this section may have effect despite the provisions
of any other Act.
Part 3—Commercial
activities, broadcasting and airspace controls
Division 1—Regulation
of certain commercial activities
8—Sale
and distribution of prescribed articles
(1) A person must not,
without the written approval of the event organiser for a major event, during
the sales control period for the event, sell or distribute, in a controlled area
for the event, a prescribed article.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of a body corporate—$25 000;
(b) in the case of a natural person—$5 000.
(2)
Subsection (1) places an
evidential burden on the accused to show that the accused had the approval of
the event organiser.
(3) An authorised
person may give a direction to a person who sells or distributes a prescribed
article during the sales control period in a controlled area without the
approval of the event organiser to remove the article, and any other prescribed
articles within the person’s possession or under the person’s
control, from the area immediately or by such other time as may be
directed.
(4) A person must not fail or refuse to comply with a direction given to
the person under
subsection (3).
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(5) If a person fails or refuses to comply with a direction given under
subsection (3) for
the removal of a prescribed article, the authorised person may seize the
article.
(6) In this section—
authorised person, in relation to a major event,
means—
(a) the event organiser; or
(b) a person authorised in writing by the event organiser to exercise
powers under this section; or
(c) a police officer.
(1) A person must
not, without the written approval of the event organiser for a major event to
which this section is declared to apply—
(a) in a controlled area for the event—sell or offer for sale a
ticket for admission to the event; or
(b) in any other case, sell or offer for sale a ticket for admission to
the event at a price which exceeds the original ticket price by more than
10%.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of a body corporate—$25 000;
(b) in the case of a natural person—$5 000.
(2)
Subsection (1)
places an evidential burden on the accused to show that the accused had the
approval of the event organiser.
(3) In this section—
original ticket price, in relation to a ticket for admission
to an event, means the price for which the ticket was purchased when first
offered for retail sale by or on behalf of the event organiser (and includes, if
a booking fee or other commission was payable to the ticket seller in relation
to that sale, the amount of that fee or commission).
(1) A person must
not participate in a marketing activity in relation to a major event to which
this section is declared to apply that would, if the person did not have the
written approval of the event organiser, constitute ambush marketing.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of a body corporate—$250 000;
(b) in the case of a natural person—$50 000.
(2)
Subsection (1) places
an evidential burden on the accused to show that the accused had the approval of
the event organiser.
(3) An authorised
person may give a direction to a person who participates in ambush marketing in
relation to a major event to which this section is declared to apply to do, or
to cease doing, anything related to the ambush marketing, immediately or by such
other time as may be directed.
(4) A person must not fail or refuse to comply with a direction given to
the person under
subsection (3).
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of a body corporate—$250 000;
(b) in the case of a natural person—$50 000.
(5) An authorised
person may give a direction to a person who participates in ambush marketing in
relation to a major event to which this section is declared to apply, to remove
from the controlled area for the event, or obscure, any item or goods being used
in relation to the ambush marketing within the person’s possession or
under the person’s control, immediately or by such other time as may be
directed.
(6) A person must not fail or refuse to comply with a direction given to
the person under
subsection (5).
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(7) If a person fails or refuses to comply with a direction given under
subsection (5)
for the removal of an item or goods used in relation to ambush marketing, the
authorised person may seize the item or goods.
(8) In this section—
authorised person, in relation to a major event,
means—
(a) the event organiser; or
(b) a person authorised in writing by the event organiser to exercise
powers under this section; or
(c) a police officer.
Division 2—Regulation
of broadcasting
(1) A person must
not, without the written approval of the event organiser for a major event to
which this section is declared to apply—
(a) broadcast, telecast or transmit by any means whatsoever any sound or
moving image of the event or any part of the event at or from a place within or
outside the event venue; or
(b) make any sound recording or any visual record of moving images of the
event or any part of the event for profit or gain, or for a purpose that
includes profit or gain, at or from a place within or outside the event venue.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of a body corporate—$250 000;
(b) in the case of a natural person—$50 000.
(2)
Subsection (1) does
not apply to the use of a personal mobile electronic device to transmit or
record any sound or image within limits of what would be generally accepted in
the community as normal incidents of social interaction.
(3)
Subsection (1) places
an evidential burden on the accused to show that the accused had the approval of
the event organiser.
Division 3—Control
of airspace
(1) A person must not, during a major event to which this section is
declared to apply and in the course of State air navigation, cause an aircraft
to enter, or operate an aircraft within, controlled airspace or a restricted
area that is over a major event venue unless permitted to do so by or under
relevant Commonwealth law (including permission by or under an instrument given
under such a law).
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of a body corporate—$500 000;
(b) in the case of a natural person—$100 000.
(2) The provisions of this section prevail to the extent of any
inconsistency between this section and the provisions of the Commonwealth Air
Navigation Regulations (as applied to and in relation to State air navigation by
the Air
Navigation Act 1937).
(3) This section does not apply to the operation of—
(a) a military aircraft, or an aircraft of South Australia Police, when
being operated for military, security or emergency purposes; or
(b) an aircraft when being operated exclusively for emergency purposes
relating to human life or safety, or the protection of property.
(4) In this section—
CASA means the Civil Aviation Safety Authority established by
the Civil Aviation Act 1988 of the Commonwealth;
Commonwealth Air Navigation Regulations means the Air
Navigation Regulations 1947 of the Commonwealth;
Commonwealth Airspace Regulations means the Airspace
Regulations 2007 of the Commonwealth;
controlled airspace means airspace that CASA has determined
under the Commonwealth Airspace Regulations to be a control area or control
zone;
restricted area means airspace that CASA has declared under
the Commonwealth Airspace Regulations to be a restricted area;
State air navigation means air navigation within South
Australia to and in relation to which the Commonwealth Air Navigation
Regulations are applied as if they were State law by section 5 of the Air
Navigation Act 1937.
13—Prohibition
of certain aerial advertising
(1) A person must not,
without the written approval of the event organiser for a major event, display
an advertisement, or cause an advertisement to be displayed, in airspace that
has been declared to be advertising controlled airspace in respect of the event
during the prescribed period.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of a body corporate—$500 000;
(b) in the case of a natural person—$100 000.
(2)
Subsection (1) places an
evidential burden on the accused to show that the accused had the approval of
the event organiser.
(3) For the purposes of this section—
advertisement includes advertising by any of the following
methods:
(a) skywriting or signwriting by an aircraft;
(b) a banner, or other sign, towed by or attached to an
aircraft;
(c) matter displayed on an aircraft, other than its normal markings and
livery;
(d) matter displayed on a hang glider, parachute, paraglider or similar
device, other than its normal markings, or on a banner or sign attached to a
hang glider, parachute, paraglider or similar device;
(e) a banner, or other sign, attached to a person suspended from a hang
glider, parachute, paraglider or similar device;
aircraft includes an airship or a balloon.
Division 4—Use
of official logos and official titles
14—Minister
may declare official logo or official title
(1) The Minister may,
in respect of a major event to which this Division is declared to apply, by
notice in the Gazette, make either or both of the following
declarations:
(a) that specified logos are official logos in respect of the
event;
(b) that specified titles are official titles in respect of the
event.
(2) Before making a declaration under
subsection (1), the
Minister must be satisfied that—
(a) the logos or titles are sufficiently connected to the identity and
conduct of the major event; and
(b) the event has commercial arrangements that are likely to be adversely
affected by unauthorised use of logos or titles.
(3) The Minister may
require the event organiser of a major event to which this Division is declared
to apply to publish a notice in a newspaper circulating generally in South
Australia of the making of a declaration by the Minister under this
section.
(4) A notice required to be published under
subsection (3) must
be in the form and include the information determined by the Minister.
15—Event
organiser may authorise use of official logo or official
title
For the purposes of this Division, the event organiser of a major event to
which this Division is declared to apply may, by notice in writing, authorise a
person to use an official logo or official title in respect of that
event.
16—Minister
may authorise non-commercial use of official logo or official
title
(1) For the purposes of
this Division, the Minister may, after consulting with the event organiser for a
major event to which this Division is declared to apply, by notice in writing,
authorise a person to use for non-commercial use an official logo or official
title in respect of the event.
(2) The Minister must cause the event organiser of the major event in
respect of which the Minister has given an authority under
subsection (1)
to be given notice of the authorisation.
(1) An authorisation under
section 15 or
16 is subject to any
terms and conditions to which the event organiser or Minister (as the case may
be) thinks are reasonable to impose, including (but not limited to) any of the
following:
(a) the duration of the authorisation;
(b) whether the authorisation applies generally or in specified
circumstances;
(c) whether the authorisation authorises the use of all official logos or
official titles, or specified kinds of official logos or official titles, in
relation to the major event to which the authorisation relates.
(2) An authorisation under
section 15 or
16 expires at the earlier
of—
(a) the expiration date specified in the authorisation; or
(b) if no date is specified—12 months after the end of the
major event to which the authorisation relates.
(1) An event organiser of a major event to which this Division is declared
to apply must—
(a) maintain a register of authorisations given under this Division;
and
(b) record in the register of authorisations—
(i) each authorisation by the event organiser under
section 15;
and
(ii) each authorisation by the Minister under
section 16 of which
the event organiser has been notified under that section.
(2) The register of authorisations must include—
(a) the name of any person authorised by the event organiser under
section 15 or the
Minister under
section 16 to use
official logos or official titles in relation to the event; and
(b) the date of the authorisation and the period of its
duration.
(3) The Minister may determine that the register of authorisations can be
inspected at a website determined by the Minister.
19—Use
of official logos and official titles that does not require
authorisation
(1) The following persons may use official logos and official titles
without the authorisation of the event organiser of a major event to which this
Division is declared to apply:
(a) the event organiser;
(b) a person who has been authorised in writing by the Minister to use
official logos or official titles under this Division.
(2) Subject to this
section, any person may use official logos or official titles without
authorisation under this Division in the following circumstances:
(a) if the use is incidental to—
(i) the provision of information, including the reporting of news and the
presentation of current affairs; or
(ii) the purposes of criticism and review, including criticism or review
in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical, a broadcast or a film;
(b) if the use is for—
(i) the purposes of professional advice; or
(ii) research or study purposes; or
(iii) educational purposes.
(3) A person referred to in
subsection (2)
is not authorised to use an official logo or official title if the
use—
(a) is for promotional, marketing or commercial purposes; or
(b) suggests a sponsorship-like arrangement.
(4) If—
(a) goods apparently intended for a commercial purpose are marked with
official insignia; and
(b) an authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds that the use of
the insignia has not been authorised under this Division,
the authorised person may seize those goods.
20—Offence
to use without authorisation official logos or official
titles
(a) official logos or official titles in relation to a major event to
which this Division is declared to apply; or
(b) any thing that is substantially identical to or deceptively similar to
official logos or official titles in relation to an event to which this Division
is declared to apply,
if the use—
(c) is for commercial purposes; or
(d) is for promotional, advertising or marketing purposes, whether or not
for commercial gain; or
(e) would suggest a sponsorship-like arrangement to a reasonable
person.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of a body corporate—$250 000;
(b) in the case of a natural person—$50 000.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not
apply to—
(a) any use of official logos or official titles that has been authorised
under
section 15 by the
event organiser for that major event; or
(b) any use of official logos or official titles that has been authorised
under
section 16 by the
Minister in respect of that major event; or
(c) any use of official logos or official titles in accordance with
section 19;
or
(d) any use of official logos or official titles or any other logos or
titles that is otherwise authorised by or under this Act or any other law.
(3) If—
(a) goods apparently intended for a commercial purpose are marked with
official insignia; and
(b) an authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds that the use of
the insignia has not been authorised under this Division,
the authorised person may seize those goods.
(4) In this section—
authorised person, in relation to a major event,
means—
(a) the event organiser; or
(b) a person authorised in writing by the event organiser to exercise
powers under this section; or
(c) a police officer.
21—Entry
to and exit from major event venue
(1) A person must not
enter a major event venue unless the person pays the entrance fee (if any) or
has the consent of the occupier of the venue or the event organiser to
enter.
Maximum penalty: $750.
Expiation fee: $105.
(2)
Subsection (1) places an
evidential burden on the accused to show that the accused had the consent of the
occupier or event organiser (as the case may be).
(3) If the occupier of
a major event venue designates points of entrance to and exit from the venue, a
person must not, without reasonable excuse—
(a) enter the venue other than through a designated point of entrance;
or
(b) leave the venue other than through a designated point of
exit.
Maximum penalty: $750.
Expiation fee: $105.
(4)
Subsection (3)
places an evidential burden on the accused to show reasonable excuse.
22—Possession
of flares and explosive devices at major event venue
(1) A person must not,
while in a major event venue, carry or be in possession of a flare or a firework
or other explosive device unless authorised by the occupier of the venue or the
event organiser.
Maximum penalty: $5 000 or imprisonment
for 1 year.
(2)
Subsection (1) places an
evidential burden on the accused to show that the accused was authorised by the
occupier or event organiser (as the case may be).
23—Obstruction
or interference at major event
A person must not, while in a major event venue, obstruct or interfere with
the conduct of the major event or the reasonable enjoyment of the major event by
a member of the public present at the major event venue.
Maximum penalty: $5 000 or imprisonment
for 1 year.
24—Entering
restricted areas at major event venue
(1) A person must not
enter into or onto—
(a) an area within a major event venue while the major event is occurring
or on a day scheduled for its occurrence unless the person—
(i) is officially involved in the event or in the preparation for the
event; or
(ii) has the consent of the occupier of the venue or the event organiser
to enter the area; or
(b) any other area within a major event venue to which access is
restricted by the occupier of the venue or the event organiser unless the person
has the consent of the occupier of the venue or the event organiser.
Maximum penalty: $750.
Expiation fee: $105.
(2)
Subsection (1) places an
evidential burden on the accused to show that the accused had the consent of the
occupier or event organiser (as the case may be).
25—Power
to remove persons from major event venue
(1) A police officer may enter a major event venue and—
(a) order any person who is behaving in a disorderly or offensive manner
to leave the venue; or
(b) order a person who the officer reasonably suspects of having committed
an offence at the venue to leave the venue; or
(c) use reasonable force to remove a person from the venue who is behaving
in a disorderly or offensive manner or who the officer reasonably suspects of
having committed an offence at the venue.
(2) A police officer
may enter a major event venue and—
(a) order a person who the officer reasonably suspects of having breached
a condition of entry of the venue to leave the venue; and
(b) use reasonable force to remove a person from the venue who the officer
reasonably suspects of having breached a condition of entry of the
venue.
(3) A person—
(a) who remains in a major event venue after having been ordered to leave
under this section; or
(b) who re-enters, or attempts to re-enter, a major event venue within
24 hours of having left or having been removed from such venue pursuant to
this section,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $2 500 or imprisonment for 6 months.
(4) A police officer may only exercise a power under
subsection (2)
if the condition of entry—
(a) is reasonably required for regulating the conduct of persons at the
major event venue; and
(b) has been promulgated in a reasonably prominent way by the occupier of
the venue or the event organiser (whether by signs at the venue or
otherwise).
26—Powers
of authorised persons at major event venues
(1) An authorised person may require a person who the authorised person
reasonably suspects of having committed an offence or breached a condition of
entry to a major event venue to state truthfully the person's full name and
usual place of residence.
(2) If an authorised person reasonably suspects that a vehicle or animal
(other than a guide dog) has been brought to or left at a major event venue or a
part of a major event venue without the consent of the occupier of the venue or
the event organiser, the authorised person may—
(a) require the owner or person in charge of the vehicle or animal to
remove the vehicle or animal from the venue (or from a part of it); or
(b) if the owner or person in charge of the vehicle or animal cannot be
located in the vicinity—remove the vehicle or animal from the venue (or
part of it).
(3) A person must not,
without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement of an
authorised person under this section.
Maximum penalty: $2 500 or imprisonment for 6 months.
(4)
Subsection (3) places an
evidential burden on the accused to show reasonable excuse.
(5) An authorised person (other than the occupier of the venue or the
event organiser, or a police officer in uniform) must, at the request of a
person in relation to whom the authorised person intends to exercise any powers
under this section, produce for the inspection of the person, a copy of his or
her identity card.
(6) A person must not falsely pretend, by words or conduct, to have the
power of an authorised person under this section.
Maximum penalty: $750.
(7) In proceedings for an offence against this section, an allegation in
the complaint that a person named in the complaint was on a specified date an
authorised person in relation to a specified major event venue will be accepted
as proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.
(8) In this section—
authorised person, in relation to a major event,
means—
(a) the occupier of the major event venue; or
(b) the event organiser; or
(c) a person authorised in writing by the occupier or event organiser to
exercise powers under this section; or
(d) a police officer;
guide dog means a dog trained and used, or undergoing
training to be used, for the purpose of guiding a person who is wholly or
partially blind.
27—Forfeiture
etc of seized items and goods
(1) If items or
goods have been seized under this Act and—
(a) proceedings are not instituted for an offence against the section
under which the items or goods were seized in relation to the items within
3 months of their seizure; or
(b) after proceedings have been instituted and completed, the defendant is
not convicted,
the person from whom they were seized is entitled to
recover—
(c) the items or goods or, if they have been destroyed, compensation equal
to the market value of the items or goods at the time of their seizure;
and
(d) compensation for any loss suffered by reason of the seizure of the
items or goods.
(2) An action for the payment of compensation under
subsection (1)
may be brought against the relevant event organiser in any court of competent
jurisdiction.
(3) The court by which a person is convicted of an offence against this
Act may order that items or goods to which the offence relates be forfeited to
the Crown.
(4) Any items or goods forfeited to the Crown must be disposed of in such
manner as the Minister may direct and, if sold, the proceeds of the sale paid
into the Consolidated Account.