{"id":"sr:australian-grands-prix-formula-one-regulations-2016","name":"Australian Grands Prix (Formula One) Regulations 2016","slug":"australian-grands-prix-formula-one-regulations-2016","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":183997,"registerId":"vic-sr:australian-grands-prix-formula-one-regulations-2016-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Grands Prix (Formula One) Regulations 2016","content":"Version No. 003\n\n**Australian Grands Prix (Formula One) Regulations 2016**\n\n**S.R. No. 133/2016**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n23 February 2026\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Regulation Page*\n\nPart 1—Preliminary 1\n\n1 Objectives 1\n\n2 Authorising provision 2\n\n3 Commencement 2\n\n4 Revocation 2\n\n5 Definitions 2\n\n5A Certain regulations not to apply to conduct in or in relation to public access areas 7\n\nPart 2—Authorised persons 9\n\n6 Authorised persons 9\n\n7 Identification of authorised persons 9\n\n8 Offence to interfere with authorised person 10\n\nPart 3—Access to certain areas 11\n\n9 Entry to and exit from declared area and designated access area 11\n\n10 Re-entry after direction to leave or expulsion 12\n\n11 Grand prix circuit 12\n\n12 Vehicles in declared area or designated access area 12\n\n13 Opening and closing times 13\n\n14 Reserved areas and reserved seats 13\n\n15 Removal of glass object from reserved area 15\n\n16 Prohibition of certain activities in fenced and cordoned off areas 16\n\nPart 4—Conduct in declared area or designated access area 18\n\n17 Liquor 18\n\n18 Possession of prohibited item 19\n\n19 Damaging or defacing infrastructure, buildings, vehicles, equipment etc. 19\n\n20 Blocking stairs, exits or entrances 19\n\n21 Throwing or kicking projectiles 20\n\n22 Obstructing view of seated person 20\n\n23 Disrupting or interrupting event 20\n\n24 Hindering, obstructing or interfering with drivers 21\n\n25 Adversely affecting public safety 21\n\n26 Recording or transmitting event 22\n\n27 Interference with electronic or radio communications prohibited 22\n\n28 Conducting surveys or soliciting money 22\n\n29 Displaying signs or banners 23\n\n30 Excavating 23\n\n31 Erecting structures 23\n\n32 Albert Park Lake 24\n\n33 Damaging trees 24\n\n34 Disturbing or interfering with fauna 25\n\n35 Climbing on trees or structures 25\n\n36 No smoking areas 25\n\n37 Busking 26\n\n38 Causing unreasonable disruption 26\n\nPart 5—Advertising and sale of goods 28\n\n39 Prohibition of advertisements 28\n\n40 Sale of goods or services 29\n\nPart 6—Enforcement 31\n\n41 Surrender of items 31\n\n42 Inspection 32\n\n43 Direction to leave if failure to produce ticket or surrender item 33\n\n44 Direction to leave if offence believed to have been committed 33\n\n45 Police may use reasonable force 34\n\n46 Additional powers of authorised persons and police 35\n\nPart 7—Regulation of activities during specified period 37\n\n47 Safe and orderly conduct of works 37\n\n48 Regulation of entry during specified period 37\n\n49 Re-entry after direction to leave or expulsion during specified period 38\n\nPart 8—General 40\n\n50 Prescribed fee 40\n\n51 Items not to be brought in 40\n\n52 Prescribed method of calculation of payment 40\n\n═══════════════\n\nEndnotes 42\n\n1 General information 42\n\n2 Table of Amendments 44\n\n3 Explanatory details 45\n\n**Version No.** **003**\n\n**Australian Grands Prix (Formula One) Regulations 2016**\n\n**S.R. No. 133/2016**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n23 February 2026\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n\t1 Objectives\n\nThe objectives of these Regulations are—\n\n(a) to regulate the conduct of persons in the declared area and designated access areas during the race period for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix; and\n\n(b) to facilitate and ensure an appropriate degree of safety of persons in the declared area and designated access areas during works for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix; and\n\n(c) to facilitate operational arrangements for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix; and\n\nReg. 1(ca) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 5.\n\n(ca) to limit the application of certain provisions in relation to public access areas; and\n\nReg. 1(cb) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 5.\n\n(cb) to prescribe the method of calculation for the maximum amount the Corporation must pay to the committee of management in accordance with section 41 of the **Australian Grands Prix Act 1994**; and\n\n(d) to provide for other matters required to be prescribed under the **Australian Grands Prix Act 1994**.\n\n\t2 Authorising provision\n\nThese Regulations are made under section 51 of the **Australian Grands Prix Act 1994**.\n\n\t3 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations come into operation on 23 October 2016.\n\n\t4 Revocation\n\nThe Australian Grands Prix (Formula One) Regulations 2006[[1]](#endnote-2) are **revoked**.\n\n\t5 Definitions\n\nIn these Regulations—\n\n***acceptable no smoking sign*** has the same meaning as in section 3 of the **Tobacco Act 1987**;\n\n***authorised person*** means a person appointed under regulation 6 to be an authorised person for the purposes of these Regulations;\n\n***dangerous goods*** has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the **Dangerous Goods Act 1985**;\n\n***designated entrance*** means—\n\n(a) a gate or turnstile; or\n\n(b) any other entrance structure established by the Corporation;\n\n***designated exit*** means—\n\n(a) a gate or turnstile; or\n\n(b) any other exit structure established by the Corporation;\n\n***distress signal*** means a pyrotechnic device intended for signalling, warning, rescue or similar purposes, and includes marine flares and signals, landing flares, highway fusees, line-carrying rockets, anti-hail rockets, cloud rockets, avalanche rockets and smoke generators;\n\nReg. 5 def. of *electric personal transporter* inserted by S.R. No. 23/2018 reg. 4(1).\n\n***electric personal transporter*** has the same meaning as in the Dictionary to the Road Safety Road Rules 2017;\n\n***glass object*** means a glass bottle or container;\n\n***grand prix circuit*** means the temporary race track established by the Corporation at Albert Park;\n\n***laser pointer*** means a hand-held battery-operated article designed or adapted to emit laser beams;\n\n***liquor*** has the same meaning as in the **Liquor Control Reform Act 1998**;\n\n***permitted entrant*** means—\n\n(a) the holder of a valid ticket issued by or on behalf of the Corporation that entitles the holder to be within specific areas of the declared area or a designated access area; or\n\n(b) a person who is admitted to the declared area or a designated access area by the Corporation or by an agent of the Corporation on payment of an admission fee; or\n\n(c) any other person who is, under a general or specific authorisation granted by the Corporation, entitled to be in the declared area or a designated access area;\n\nReg. 5 def. of *prohibited item* amended by S.R. No. 23/2018 reg. 4(2).\n\n***prohibited item*** means—\n\n(a) a glass object; or\n\n(b) a beverage container with the manufacturer's seal broken; or\n\n(c) a drinks cooler or ice box, other than one predominantly constructed of polystyrene; or\n\n(d) a chair, lounge, bench or stool, other than a folding chair or folding stool; or\n\n(e) an animal, other than—\n\n(i) if a person has a disability, an assistance dog used by that person or to assist that person; or\n\n(ii) a police dog or a police horse; or\n\n(f) a flag or banner larger than one metre by one metre or with a handle longer than one metre; or\n\n(g) a laser pointer; or\n\n(h) a distress signal; or\n\n(i) a whistle or loud hailer; or\n\n(j) a dangerous article within the meaning of the **Control of Weapons Act 1990**, the possession of which would constitute an offence under that Act; or\n\n(k) a prohibited weapon within the meaning of the **Control of Weapons Act 1990**,  the possession of which would constitute an offence under that Act; or\n\n(l) a controlled weapon within the meaning of the **Control of Weapons Act 1990**,  the possession of which would constitute an offence under that Act; or\n\n(m) any dangerous goods; or\n\n(n) a firearm within the meaning of the **Firearms Act 1996**, the possession of which would constitute an offence under that Act; or\n\n(o) a bicycle, skateboard, roller skates, roller blades, scooter or electric personal transporter; or\n\n(p) a firework; or\n\n(q) a horn or bugle; or\n\n(r) a drone or aerial surveillance device; or\n\n(s) a public address system, electronic equipment, broadcast equipment or similar device which may interfere with broadcast equipment or similar devices being used by the Corporation or a person to whom the Corporation has given its consent under section 35 of the Act; or\n\n(t) any item in such a quantity that a reasonable person could infer that the item is to be used for commercial purposes; or\n\n(u) any item the possession of which does not have an ordinary and reasonable use by a person within the declared area or a designated access area during the race period and which may be used in the commission of an offence against regulation 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30 or 31;\n\n**Example**\n\nA spray can or a hammer.\n\n***reserved area*** means an area within the declared area or a designated access area set aside by the Corporation under regulation 14 to which access is limited to persons holding certain types of tickets or to which access is otherwise restricted;\n\n***reserved seat*** means a seat within the declared area or a designated access area set aside by the Corporation under regulation 14 to which access is limited to persons holding certain types of tickets or to which access is otherwise restricted;\n\nReg. 5 def. of *specified period* amended by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 6.\n\n***specified period*** means—\n\n(a) in relation to the declared area, the period beginning 11 weeks before the race period and ending 3 weeks after the race period; and\n\n(b) in relation to a designated access area, the period specified in any declaration under section 32A(1)(a) or (b) of the Act during which the area to which the declaration applies is a designated access area;\n\n***the Act*** means the **Australian Grands Prix Act 1994**;\n\n***ticket*** includes a pass, credential or other similar document;\n\n***vehicle*** has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the **Road Safety Act 1986**;\n\n***vessel*** has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the **Marine Safety Act 2010**;\n\n***works area*** means an area in the declared area or in a designated access area—\n\n(a) which is marked off by the Corporation by the use of fencing, barriers or other permanent or temporary means of physical demarcation; and\n\n(b) in which works, services or any other activities undertaken by or on behalf of the Corporation have commenced but have not been finally completed.\n\nReg. 5A inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 7.\n\n\t5A Certain regulations not to apply to conduct in or in relation to public access areas\n\n(1) A provision specified in subregulation (2) does not prohibit a person from engaging in conduct in, or in relation to, a public access area at a time and on a date specified in the public access area declaration.\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the following provisions are specified—\n\n(a) regulation 9(1), (2) and (3);\n\n(b) regulation 10;\n\n(c) regulation 11;\n\n(d) regulation 12;\n\n(e) regulation 13(3);\n\n(f) regulation 14(5) and (6);\n\n(g) regulation 15(1);\n\n(h) regulation 16(1), (2), (3) and (4);\n\n(i) regulation 18;\n\n(j) regulation 19;\n\n(k) regulation 20;\n\n(l) regulation 21;\n\n(m) regulation 22;\n\n(n) regulation 23;\n\n(o) regulation 24;\n\n(p) regulation 25;\n\n(q) regulation 26;\n\n(r) regulation 27;\n\n(s) regulation 28;\n\n(t) regulation 29;\n\n(u) regulation 30;\n\n(v) regulation 31(1);\n\n(w) regulation 32(1) and (2);\n\n(x) regulation 33;\n\n(y) regulation 34;\n\n(z) regulation 35;\n\n(za) regulation 36(3);\n\n(zb) regulation 37;\n\n(zc) regulation 39(3);\n\n(zd) regulation 40(1), (2) and (3).\n\nPart 2—Authorised persons\n\n\t6 Authorised persons\n\nThe Corporation may appoint a person to be an authorised person for the purposes of these Regulations if the person—\n\n(a) holds under the **Private Security Act 2004**—\n\n(i) a private security business licence authorising that person to carry on the business of providing the services of other persons to act as a security guard or a crowd controller; or\n\n(ii) a private security individual operator licence authorising that person to act as a security guard or a crowd controller; or\n\n(b) is a person who the Corporation believes has the appropriate skills, knowledge or experience to be appointed as an authorised person.\n\n\t7 Identification of authorised persons\n\n(1) The Corporation must ensure that an authorised person is clearly identified as an authorised person.\n\n(2) An authorised person must produce the person's identification for inspection at any time during the exercise of a power under these Regulations, if asked to do so by any person.\n\n(3) If an authorised person proposes to perform the functions or exercise the powers of an authorised person and fails to produce on demand the person's identification, that person is not authorised to perform those functions or exercise those powers in relation to the person making the demand.\n\n\t8 Offence to interfere with authorised person\n\nA person must not interfere with, obstruct or hinder or attempt to interfere with, obstruct or hinder an authorised person in the performance or exercise of the authorised person's functions, duties or powers under these Regulations.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nPart 3—Access to certain areas\n\n\t9 Entry to and exit from declared area and designated access area\n\n(1) A person who is not a permitted entrant must not enter or attempt to enter the declared area or a designated access area during the race period.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 9(1) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 8(1).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(2) A person must not enter or attempt to enter the declared area or a designated access area during the race period except through a designated entrance.\n\n1. 10 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 9(2) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 8(2).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(3) A person must not leave or attempt to leave the declared area or a designated access area during the race period except through a designated exit.\n\n1. 10 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 9(3) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 8(3).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t10 Re-entry after direction to leave or expulsion\n\nOn any day during the race period, a person who has been directed to leave, or has been expelled from, the declared area or a designated access area by an authorised person or a police officer must not re-enter or attempt to re-enter the declared area or a designated access area for a period of 24 hours without the written authorisation of the Corporation.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 10 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 9.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t11 Grand prix circuit\n\nAt any time during the race period, a person must not be, or attempt to be, on the grand prix circuit unless authorised by the Corporation to be on the grand prix circuit.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 11 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 10.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t12 Vehicles in declared area or designated access area\n\nA person must not bring or attempt to bring a vehicle into the declared area or a designated access area during the race period unless authorised by the Corporation to bring that vehicle into the area.\n\n1. 10 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 12 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 11.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t13 Opening and closing times\n\n(1) The Corporation must fix an opening time and a closing time for each day of the race period.\n\n(2) The Corporation must give notice of opening and closing times fixed under subregulation (1) by—\n\n(a) publishing a notice on the Corporation's website; and\n\n(b) publishing a notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the State; and\n\n(c) erecting signs or notices at each designated entrance stating the opening and closing times.\n\n(3) A person must not enter or attempt to enter or remain in the declared area or a designated access area before the opening time or after the closing time fixed under subregulation (1) unless authorised by the Corporation to enter or remain in the area.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 13(3) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 12.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t14 Reserved areas and reserved seats\n\n(1) The Corporation for the duration of the race period may set aside certain areas within the declared area or a designated access area as reserved areas.\n\n(2) The Corporation may issue tickets that entitle a person to enter and remain in a reserved area.\n\n(3) The Corporation may set aside certain seats within the declared area or a designated access area as reserved seats.\n\n(4) The Corporation may issue tickets that entitle a person to occupy a reserved seat.\n\n(5) A person who does not hold a ticket conferring an entitlement to enter a reserved area must not enter or attempt to enter or remain in that reserved area unless authorised by the Corporation to enter or remain in the area.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 14(5) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 13(1).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(6) A person who does not hold a ticket conferring an entitlement to occupy a particular reserved seat must not occupy that reserved seat unless otherwise authorised to do so by the Corporation.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 14(6) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 13(2).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(7) An authorised person or a police officer may request that a person entering or remaining in a reserved area produce a ticket entitling the person to enter and remain in the reserved area.\n\n(8) An authorised person or a police officer may request that a person occupying a reserved seat produce a ticket entitling the person to occupy the reserved seat.\n\nReg. 14(9) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 13(3).\n\n(9) An authorised person or a police officer must not exercise a power under subregulation (7) or (8) in relation to a person who is in a public access area at a time and on a date specified in the public access area declaration.\n\n\t15 Removal of glass object from reserved area\n\n(1) A person must not remove from a reserved area any glass object that the person has obtained in that area unless authorised to do so by the Corporation.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 15(1) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 14.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(2) An authorised person or a police officer may direct a person who has removed a glass object from a reserved area in contravention of subregulation (1) to return the glass object to that area if the person holds a ticket conferring an entitlement to enter that area.\n\n(3) An authorised person or a police officer may direct a person who has removed a glass object from a reserved area in contravention of subregulation (1) to surrender the glass object if the person does not hold a ticket conferring an entitlement to enter that area.\n\n(4) If directed to return a glass object under subregulation (2), a person must, as soon as practicable, return the glass object to the reserved area where it was obtained.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\n(5) If directed to surrender a glass object under subregulation (3), a person must immediately surrender the glass object to the authorised person or police officer.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\n\t16 Prohibition of certain activities in fenced and cordoned off areas\n\n(1) A person must not enter, attempt to enter, or remain in an area that is fenced or cordoned off in accordance with section 32 of the Act, without the authorisation of the Corporation.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 16(1) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 15(1).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(2) A person must not intentionally interfere with or hinder any activity directly or indirectly undertaken by or on behalf of the Corporation within an area fenced or cordoned off in accordance with section 32 of the Act.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 16(2) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 15(2).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(3) A person must not attempt to interfere with or attempt to hinder any activity directly or indirectly undertaken by or on behalf of the Corporation within an area fenced or cordoned off in accordance with section 32 of the Act.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 16(3) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 15(3).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(4) A person must not cause any other person to interfere with or hinder any activity directly or indirectly undertaken by or on behalf of the Corporation within an area fenced or cordoned off in accordance with section 32 of the Act.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 16(4) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 15(4).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\nPart 4—Conduct in declared area or designated access area\n\n\t17 Liquor\n\n(1) Subject to subregulation (3), during the race period, a person in the declared area or a designated access area must not have in the person's possession any liquor that has not been purchased in the declared area or the designated access area in accordance with the **Liquor Control Reform Act 1998**.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\n(2) Subject to subregulation (3), during the race period, an authorised person or a police officer who believes on reasonable grounds that a person is taking out, or attempting to take out, of the declared area or a designated access area liquor in an unsealed container, may direct the person to dispose of the contents of the unsealed container of liquor.\n\n(3) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to—\n\n(a) a person who is acting under an authorisation granted by the Corporation; or\n\nReg. 17(3)(b) amended by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 16(a).\n\n(b) a servant or agent of a person referred to in paragraph (a) acting in the course of the duties of the servant or agent; or\n\nReg. 17(3)(c) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 16(b).\n\n(c) a person who is in a public access area at a time and on a date specified in the public access area declaration.\n\n\t18 Possession of prohibited item\n\nDuring the race period a person must not have in the person's possession a prohibited item in the declared area or a designated access area without the authorisation of the Corporation.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 18 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 17.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t19 Damaging or defacing infrastructure, buildings, vehicles, equipment etc.\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not, without the authorisation of the Corporation—\n\n(a) misuse, deface, damage or tamper with any infrastructure, building, seat, chair, table, structure, vehicle, vessel, truck, pipe, tap, tap-fitting, conduit, electrical equipment, wiring or sign; or\n\n(b) attempt to misuse, deface, damage or tamper with any infrastructure, building, seat, chair, table, structure, vehicle, vessel, truck, pipe, tap, tap-fitting, conduit, electrical equipment, wiring or sign.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 19 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 18.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t20 Blocking stairs, exits or entrances\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not, without reasonable excuse, block any stairs, steps, aisle, gangway, overpass, underpass, pontoon, bridge, passage, entrance, exit or other thoroughfare unless authorised to do so by the Corporation.\n\n1. 10 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 20 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 19.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t21 Throwing or kicking projectiles\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not throw or kick or attempt to throw or kick any stone, bottle or other projectile.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 21 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 20.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t22 Obstructing view of seated person\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not, without reasonable excuse, stand in a place or in a particular manner that deliberately obstructs the view of any other person seated in a seat in the immediate vicinity.\n\n1. 10 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 22 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 21.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t23 Disrupting or interrupting event\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not—\n\n(a) disrupt or interrupt or behave in any manner that may disrupt or interrupt any race, event or activity comprising a Formula One event; or\n\n(b) attempt to disrupt or interrupt any race, event or activity comprising a Formula One event.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 23 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 22.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t24 Hindering, obstructing or interfering with drivers\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not—\n\n(a) act in such a way as to hinder, obstruct or interfere with the driver of any vehicle or vessel taking part in a Formula One event; or\n\n(b) attempt to hinder, obstruct or interfere with the driver of any vehicle or vessel taking part in a Formula One event.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 24 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 23.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t25 Adversely affecting public safety\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not, without reasonable excuse, act in such a way as to adversely affect the safety of the public within the declared area or a designated access area.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 25 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 24.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t26 Recording or transmitting event\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not make, record or transmit or attempt to make, record or transmit any form of still or moving film or sound recording or digital or analogue image of any part of a Formula One event other than for the private enjoyment of the person making, recording or transmitting it, without the written authorisation of the Corporation.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 26 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 25.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t27 Interference with electronic or radio communications prohibited\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not operate or use, or attempt to operate or use, a loud hailer, public address system, broadcast device or any other device that may interfere with electronic or radio communications, unless authorised by the Corporation to operate or use that device.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 27 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 26.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t28 Conducting surveys or soliciting money\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not conduct public surveys or opinion polls, or solicit money, donations or subscriptions from members of the public without the written authorisation of the Corporation.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 28 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 27.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t29 Displaying signs or banners\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not erect or display any sign or banner without the written authorisation of the Corporation.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 29 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 28.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t30 Excavating\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not excavate or attempt to excavate or cause to be excavated any part of the declared area or designated access area unless authorised by the Corporation to excavate that area.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 30 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 29.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t31 Erecting structures\n\n(1) During the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not erect, or attempt to erect, any structure without the written authorisation of the Corporation.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 31(1) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 30.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(2) An authorised person or a police officer may cause to be dismantled or removed from the declared area or designated access area, any structure erected in contravention of subregulation (1).\n\n\t32 Albert Park Lake\n\n(1) During the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not, unless authorised by the Corporation, enter or attempt to enter, or remain in, the lake in Albert Park.\n\nPenalty: 5 penalty units.\n\nNote to reg. 32(1) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 31(1).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(2) During the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not, unless authorised by the Corporation, cause any person to enter or remain in the lake in Albert Park.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 32(2) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 31(2).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t33 Damaging trees\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not pick, damage or uproot or attempt to pick, damage or uproot any tree or shrub unless authorised by the Corporation to pick, damage or uproot a tree or shrub.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 33 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 32.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t34 Disturbing or interfering with fauna\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not disturb or interfere with any fauna unless authorised to do so by the Corporation.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 34 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 33.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t35 Climbing on trees or structures\n\nDuring the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not climb or attempt to climb or remain on any tree or structure unless authorised by the Corporation to climb or remain on that tree or structure.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 35 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 34.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t36 No smoking areas\n\n(1) During the race period, the Corporation may designate any part of the declared area or a designated access area to be a no smoking area.\n\n(2) The Corporation must designate a no smoking area by displaying an acceptable no smoking sign in a manner that ensures that a person is reasonably likely to see one or more no smoking signs—\n\n(a) on entering the area; or\n\n(b) if there is no defined entrance, at reasonable intervals throughout the area.\n\n(3) A person must not smoke in an area designated to be a no smoking area.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 36(3) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 35.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t37 Busking\n\nDuring the race period, a person must not busk within the declared area or a designated access area unless authorised to do so by the Corporation.\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 37 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 36.\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this regulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n\t38 Causing unreasonable disruption\n\n(1) During the race period, an authorised person or a police officer may direct a person who is in the declared area or a designated access area to leave the declared area or designated access area if the authorised person or police officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person is causing unreasonable disruption to—\n\n(a) spectators; or\n\n(b) persons who are officiating at any race, event or activity comprising a Formula One event; or\n\n(c) persons who are employed or contracted by the Corporation.\n\nReg. 38(1A) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 37.\n\n(1A) An authorised person or a police officer must not exercise a power under subregulation (1) in relation to a person who is in a public access area at a time and on a date specified in the public access area declaration.\n\n(2) A person must without delay comply with a direction under subregulation (1).\n\n1. 5 penalty units.\n\n\nPart 5—Advertising and sale of goods\n\n\t39 Prohibition of advertisements\n\n(1) Subject to subregulation (5), during the race period, a person must not, without the written authorisation of the Corporation, cause any poster, placard, bill, banner, print, paper or advertisement to be affixed to or placed on any building or structure, tree, fence or cordon that is—\n\n(a) within the declared area or a designated access area; or\n\n(b) on any fence, cordon or structure defining the boundary of the declared area or a designated access area.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\n(2) An authorised person or a police officer may remove any poster, placard, bill, banner, print, paper or advertisement affixed to or placed on any building or structure, tree, fence or cordon in contravention of subregulation (1).\n\n(3) During the race period, a person must not, without the written authorisation of the Corporation, distribute or promote any advertising or promotional material, samples of goods or services, or any other matter or thing to members of the public within the declared area or a designated access area.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 39(3) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 38(1).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(4) Subject to subregulation (5), during the race period, a person must not, without the written authorisation of the Corporation, display or attempt to display for a commercial purpose any advertising or promotional material, samples of goods or services, or any other matter or thing (other than articles of clothing being worn) to members of the public within the declared area or a designated access area.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nReg. 39(5) substituted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 38(2).\n\n(5) Subregulations (1) and (4) do not apply—\n\n(a) to an owner or occupier of a building or structure or the holder of a lease or licence relating to a building or structure in the declared area who has caused or permitted advertising material to be affixed to or placed on, or to remain on, the building or structure; or\n\n**Note**\n\nSee section 40 of the Act.\n\n(b) to a person who has caused or permitted advertising material to be affixed to or placed on, or to remain on, a structure in a public access area at a time and on a date specified in the public access area declaration.\n\n\t40 Sale of goods or services\n\n(1) During the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not sell or attempt to sell to members of the public any goods or services or collect money or orders from members of the public for goods or services without the written authorisation of the Corporation.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 40(1) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 39(1).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(2) During the race period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not sell, offer or make available for sale, or give away any ticket to a Formula One event whether valid, an imitation or forged without the written authorisation of the Corporation.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 40(2) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 39(2).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\n(3) During the race period, a person must not bring into or attempt to bring into the declared area or a designated access area goods or tickets (whether valid, an imitation or forged) for the purpose of distribution or sale to members of the public without the written authorisation of the Corporation to bring those goods or tickets into the area for distribution or sale.\n\n1. 10 penalty units.\n\n\nNote to reg. 40(3) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 39(3).\n\n**Note**\n\nThe prohibition in this subregulation does not apply in certain circumstances—see regulation 5A.\n\nPart 6—Enforcement\n\n\t41 Surrender of items\n\n(1) An authorised person or police officer may request a person to surrender—\n\n(a) any item that the person has in the person's possession in contravention of regulation 17; or\n\n(b) a prohibited item that the person has in the person's possession in contravention of regulation 18; or\n\n(c) any item that the authorised person or police officer believes on reasonable grounds has been, or is being, used in contravention of regulation 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31(1), 32, 33, 34 or 35; or\n\n(d) any matter or thing distributed, promoted or displayed in contravention of regulation 39(3) or (4); or\n\n(e) any item sold or being offered or exposed for sale in contravention of regulation 40.\n\n(2) If an item has been surrendered to an authorised person or police officer, the item must if practicable be returned to the person from whom it was confiscated within a reasonable time unless the item is—\n\n(a) a firearm; or\n\n(b) a dangerous article; or\n\n(c) a controlled weapon; or\n\n(d) a dangerous good.\n\n\t42 Inspection\n\n(1) During the race period, an authorised person or a police officer—\n\n(a) may request a person to produce and open for inspection any bag, basket or other receptacle that the person intends to take into or has in the declared area or a designated access area; or\n\n(b) may request a person who has entered or intends to enter the declared area or a designated access area to turn out the person's pockets; or\n\n(c) may request a person who intends to enter the declared area or a designated access area—\n\n(i) to walk through screening equipment; or\n\n(ii) to allow an authorised person or a police officer to pass hand-held screening equipment over or around the person or around things in the person's possession; or\n\n(iii) to allow things in the person's possession to pass through screening equipment or to be examined by x-ray.\n\nReg. 42(1A) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 40.\n\n(1A) An authorised person or a police officer must not exercise a power under subregulation (1) in relation to a person who is in a public access area at a time and on a date specified in the public access area declaration.\n\n(2) An authorised person or police officer may direct a person not to enter the declared area or a designated access area during the race period if the person refuses to comply with a request under subregulation (1).\n\n(3) A person who has been given a direction under subregulation (2) must comply with that direction.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\n\t43 Direction to leave if failure to produce ticket or surrender item\n\n(1) During the race period, an authorised person  \nor a police officer may direct a person to leave a reserved area or a reserved seat if the person refuses or fails to comply with a request under regulation 14(7) or (8) to produce a ticket.\n\n(2) During the race period, an authorised person or a police officer may direct a person to leave the declared area or a designated access area if the person refuses to comply with a request—\n\n(a) under regulation 41 to surrender an item, matter or thing; or\n\n(b) under regulation 42(1)(a), (b) or (c).\n\n\t44 Direction to leave if offence believed to have been committed\n\n(1) During the race period, if an authorised person or police officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person has committed an offence against regulation 14(5), the authorised person or the police officer may—\n\n(a) inform the person that the authorised person or police officer has formed that belief; and\n\n(b) direct the person to leave the reserved area.\n\n(2) During the race period, if an authorised person or police officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person has committed an offence against regulation 14(6), the authorised person or police officer may—\n\n(a) inform the person that the authorised person or police officer has formed that belief; and\n\n(b) direct the person to leave the reserved seat.\n\n(3) During the race period, if an authorised person or police officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person has committed an offence against regulation 36(3), the authorised person or police officer may—\n\n(a) inform the person that the authorised person or police officer has formed that belief; and\n\n(b) direct the person to leave the no smoking area.\n\n(4) During the race period, if an authorised person or police officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person has committed a relevant offence, the authorised person or police officer may—\n\n(a) inform the person that the authorised person or police officer has formed that belief; and\n\n(b) direct the person to leave the declared area or the designated access area.\n\n(5) In subregulation (4), a ***relevant offence*** means an offence against regulation 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13(3), 15(1), 15(4), 15(5), 17(1), 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31(1), 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39(1), 39(3), 39(4), 40 or 42(3).\n\n\t45 Police may use reasonable force\n\nDuring the race period, a police officer, using no more force than is reasonably necessary—\n\n(a) may expel a person from a reserved  \narea or a reserved seat if the person has refused to comply with a direction under regulation 43(1), 44(1) or 44(2) to leave a reserved area or a reserved seat, as the case requires; and\n\n(b) may expel a person from an area that has been designated by the Corporation to be a no smoking area under regulation 36(2) if the person has refused to comply with a direction under regulation 44(3) to leave the no smoking area; and\n\n(c) may expel a person from a declared area or a designated access area if the person has refused to comply with a direction under these Regulations to leave the declared area or a designated access area; and\n\n(d) may prevent a person from re-entering the declared area or a designated access area in contravention of regulation 10.\n\n\t46 Additional powers of authorised persons and police\n\n(1) In addition to any other powers conferred by these Regulations, during the race period an authorised person or a police officer—\n\n(a) may request a person in the declared area or a designated access area to produce a ticket or other satisfactory evidence of that person's entitlement to be a permitted entrant; and\n\n(b) may direct a person not to enter the declared area or a designated access area if the person—\n\n(i) is not a permitted entrant; or\n\n(ii) is entering or attempting to enter the declared area or designated access area otherwise than through a designated entrance; or\n\n(iii) is in possession of a prohibited item; or\n\n(iv) is in possession of liquor in contravention of regulation 17; and\n\n(c) if a person is leaving or attempting to leave the declared area or a designated access area otherwise than through a designated exit, may direct that person to leave the declared area or designated access area through a designated exit.\n\n(2) In addition to any other powers conferred by these Regulations or any other laws, during the race period a police officer, using no more force than is reasonably necessary—\n\n(a) may prevent a person from entering or attempting to enter the declared area or a designated access area if the person—\n\n(i) is not a permitted entrant; or\n\n(ii) is entering or attempting to enter the declared area or designated access area otherwise than through a designated entrance; or\n\n(iii) is in possession of a prohibited item; or\n\n(iv) is in possession of liquor in contravention of regulation 17; and\n\n(b) may prevent a person from leaving or attempting to leave the declared area or a designated access area otherwise than through a designated exit.\n\nReg. 46(3) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 41.\n\n(3) An authorised person or police officer must not exercise a power under subregulation (1) or (2) in relation to a person who is in a public access area at a time and on a date specified in the public access area declaration.\n\nPart 7—Regulation of activities during specified period\n\n\t47 Safe and orderly conduct of works\n\n(1) During the specified period and within the declared area or a designated access area, a person must not act in such a way as to obstruct, hinder or endanger or attempt to obstruct, hinder or endanger the safe and orderly carrying out of works, provision of services or undertaking of activities by or on behalf of the Corporation within the area.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\n(2) During the specified period, a person in the declared area or a designated access area must not enter or attempt to enter or remain in a works area unless authorised to do so by the Corporation.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\n(3) During the specified period, an authorised person or a police officer may direct a person—\n\n(a) to immediately withdraw to a safe distance from a works area, being a reasonable distance from the works area as indicated by an authorised person or a police officer; and\n\n(b) not to approach any closer to the works area than that distance.\n\n(4) A person who has been given a direction under subregulation (3) must comply with that direction.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\n\t48 Regulation of entry during specified period\n\n(1) In addition to any other powers conferred by these Regulations or any other laws, during the specified period an authorised person or a police officer may direct a person in the declared area or a designated access area to leave that area if that person obstructs, hinders or endangers or attempts to obstruct, hinder or endanger—\n\n(a) the carrying out of works; or\n\n(b) the provision of services; or\n\n(c) any other activity undertaken by or on behalf of the Corporation in that area under the Act or these Regulations.\n\n(2) A person who has been given a direction under subregulation (1) must comply with that direction.\n\n1. 20 penalty units.\n\n\n(3) A police officer, using no more force than is reasonably necessary, may expel a person from the declared area or a designated access area if the person refuses to comply with a direction under subregulation (1).\n\n\t49 Re-entry after direction to leave or expulsion during specified period\n\n(1) During the specified period, a person who has been given a direction to leave under regulation 48(1) or who is expelled under regulation 48(3) must not re-enter or attempt to re‑enter any of those areas for the relevant period specified in subregulation (2).\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the relevant period for which a person must not re-enter a declared area or a designated access area is—\n\n(a) if it is the first occasion during the specified period on which the person has been directed to leave or has been expelled, until the expiration of 24 hours after the direction or expulsion or the end of the specified period, whichever first occurs; or\n\n(b) if it is the second occasion on which the person has been directed to leave or has been expelled, until the expiration of 7 days after the direction or expulsion or the end of the specified period, whichever first occurs; or\n\n(c) if it is the third or a subsequent occasion on which the person has been directed to leave or has been expelled, until the expiration of the specified period.\n\n(3) Nothing in this regulation prevents a person during the specified period but outside the race period—\n\n(a) from driving a vehicle, or being a passenger in a vehicle driven, on a public highway through the declared area or a designated access area; or\n\n(b) from attending in the declared area or a designated access area—\n\n(i) a public entertainment approved by the committee of management; or\n\n(ii) a public sporting activity approved by the committee of management; or\n\n(c) from patronising a business that is permanently located in the declared area  \nor a designated access area.\n\nPart 8—General\n\n\t50 Prescribed fee\n\nThe prescribed fee for the purposes of section 37 of the Act is 20 fee units plus 5 fee units for each day or part of a day during which the vehicle is kept in a convenient place by the Corporation.\n\n\t51 Items not to be brought in\n\nReg. 51(1) amended by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 42(1).\n\n(1) Subject to subregulation (1A), for the purpose of regulating the consumption of liquor or prohibiting items that may adversely affect public safety, cause damage or disrupt the event, the Corporation may make it a condition of entry to the declared area or a designated access area during the race period, that certain items must not be brought into the declared area or the designated access area.\n\nReg. 51(1A) inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 42(2).\n\n(1A) The Corporation must not impose a condition of entry that limits a person's ability to bring items into a public access area at a time and on a date specified in the public access area declaration.\n\n(2) The Corporation must erect signs or notices at each designated entrance that describe the items identified in subregulation (1) as items which must not be brought into the declared area or the designated access area.\n\nReg. 52 inserted by S.R. No. 7/2026 reg. 43.\n\n\t52 Prescribed method of calculation of payment\n\nFor the purposes of section 41(1) of the Act—\n\n(a) the prescribed amount for 2026 is $200 000; and\n\n(b) the prescribed method of calculation for each year after 2026 is—\n\n200 000 × 1·03(Y-2026)\n\nwhere—\n\n **Y** is the current year.\n\n ═══════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\nThe Australian Grands Prix (Formula One) Regulations 2016, S.R. No. 133/2016 were made on 18 October 2016 by the Governor in Council under section 51 of the **Australian Grands Prix Act 1994**, No. 68/1994 and came into operation on 23 October 2016: regulation 3.\n\nThe Australian Grands Prix (Formula One) Regulations 2016 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 18 October 2026 (see section 5 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**).\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nThis includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.  \nSee section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nSee section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after  \n1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThis publication incorporates amendments made to the Australian Grands Prix (Formula One) Regulations 2016 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\nAustralian Grands Prix (Formula One) Amendment Regulations 2018, S.R. No. 23/2018\n\n| *Date of Making:* | 27.2.18 |\n| --- | --- |\n| *Date of Commencement:* | 7.3.18: reg. 3 |\n\n\nAustralian Grands Prix (Formula One) Amendment Regulations 2026, S.R. No. 7/2026\n\n| *Date of Making:* | 10.2.26 |\n| --- | --- |\n| *Date of Commencement:* | 23.2.26: reg. 3 |\n\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n3 Explanatory details\n\n1. Reg. 4: S.R. No. 157/2006.\n\n  ——\n\n  **Fee Units**\n\n  These Regulations provide for fees by reference to fee units within the meaning of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**.\n\n  The amount of the fee is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of that Act, by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee unit.\n\n  The value of a fee unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2025 is $16.81. The amount of the calculated fee may be rounded to the nearest 10 cents.\n\n  The value of a fee unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**. The value of a fee unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year.\n\n  **Penalty Units**\n\n  These Regulations provide for penalties by reference to penalty units within the meaning of section 110 of the **Sentencing Act 1991**. The amount of the penalty is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**, by multiplying the number of penalty units applicable by the value of a penalty unit.\n\n  The value of a penalty unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2025 is $203.51.\n\n  The amount of the calculated penalty may be rounded to the nearest dollar.\n\n  The value of a penalty unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**. The value of a penalty unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year. [↑](#endnote-ref-2)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Regulations have been expanded and refined since the original 2016 instrument. Notable scope changes in later amendments (particularly S.R. No. 7/2026) include: (a) a clear public‑access carve‑out (Reg 5A) that exempts a long list of prohibitions when the Corporation declares a public access area for specified dates/times — this narrows application in those limited circumstances but adds administrative discretion; (b) explicit regulation and enforcement reach before and after the race via the defined \"specified period\" (Reg 5) and detailed re‑entry sanctions during that period (Regs 47–49), which extends control beyond the race days; and (c) insertion of an explicit prescribed payment and growth formula for payments required under the Act (Reg 52). Together these amendments both extend temporal and operational reach (more power during setup/pack‑down and clearer fees) and introduce a mechanism to carve out public access on declared dates — a net change in scope from a regime focused only on race days to a regime that balances extended operational control with a discretionary public‑access exemption."},"complexity_factors":["Large number of defined terms in regulation 5 (around 25 specific definitions including cross‑references to other Acts).","Regulation 5A public‑access carve‑out that lists ~40 separate provisions it can exempt, creating conditional application and cross‑referencing throughout the instrument.","Numerous cross‑references to multiple external Acts (Liquor Control Reform Act 1998; Dangerous Goods Act 1985; Control of Weapons Act 1990; Firearms Act 1996; Private Security Act 2004; Road Safety Act 1986; Marine Safety Act 2010), increasing interpretive complexity.","Many near‑identical prohibitions with differing penalties (5–20 penalty units) spread across Parts 3–5 and Part 7 — creates many separate offence blocks to track.","Nested conditional enforcement and re‑entry rules with escalating bans during the specified period (Reg 49(2) with first/second/third occasion distinctions).","Multiple enforcement powers (inspection, surrender, screening, removal, direction to leave, police use of reasonable force) interacting across Parts 6 and 7.","Discretion concentrated with the Corporation (authorisations, reserved areas, public access declarations, opening/closing times), meaning legal effects depend heavily on administrative decisions (Regs 13, 14, 5A, 51).","Inclusion of a numeric fee prescription with a formula for annual adjustment (Reg 52) — mixes technical arithmetic with statutory text."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanics first)**\n\n- Creates a regulatory regime that controls who may be in the Australian Formula One Grand Prix site (the \"declared area\" and any \"designated access areas\"), what people may bring or do there during the event, and how organisers and enforcement officers may manage the site (Parts 1–8). (Regs 1, 5, Parts 2–8.)\n\n- Gives the event organiser (the Corporation established under the Australian Grands Prix Act 1994) power to:\n  - declare areas and times, set opening and closing times, and create reserved areas and seats (Regs 13, 14);\n  - authorise or forbid entry, set conditions of entry (including a list of prohibited items), and require tickets or credentials (Regs 5, 9, 14, 51);\n  - require surrender of items, inspect bags and persons by screening, remove unauthorised structures/advertising, and direct people to leave (Regs 41–46, 31, 39);\n  - authorise who may sell, advertise or record within the site, and to remove or confiscate unauthorised goods or material (Regs 26, 39, 40, 41).\n\n- Empowers authorised persons (security staff) and police to enforce the rules during the race period and certain extended periods (inspection, directions to leave, confiscation, use of reasonable force by police) (Regs 6–8, 41–46).\n\n- Defines a broader \"specified period\" (usually 11 weeks before to 3 weeks after the race for the declared area) during which additional restrictions apply to work sites and access (Regs 5, 47–49).\n\n- Prescribes fees and a formula for a payment the Corporation must make to the committee of management (Reg 52) and a prescribed fee related to vehicles (Reg 50).\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Spectators and visitors: must be a \"permitted entrant\" (ticket/authorisation) to enter most areas during the race period; are subject to prohibitions on possession of certain items (e.g. glass bottles, large flags, drones, weapons), restrictions on recording and advertising, and on behaviour (no obstructing, no disrupting, no climbing, no dumping liquor, no busking without permission) (Regs 5, 17–37, 39–40).\n\n- Traders, advertisers, buskers, fundraisers and surveyors: cannot promote, sell or solicit within the declared or designated areas without written Corporation authorisation; may be forbidden from distributing materials or erecting signs (Regs 28, 29, 39, 40).\n\n- Small businesses and stallholders wishing to operate inside the site: must obtain written authorisation from the Corporation and comply with conditions of entry (Reg 40(1), Reg 51).\n\n- Media, photographers and broadcasters: recording, filming or transmitting any part of an event for anything other than private enjoyment requires written authorisation from the Corporation (Reg 26). Use of devices that may interfere with broadcast/communications is restricted (Reg 27, Reg 5 definition of prohibited item (s)).\n\n- People working for the Corporation and contractors: subject to access controls and safety directions during the specified period—works areas can be fenced and the public excluded (Regs 16, 47–49).\n\n- Authorised persons (security) and police: granted inspection, confiscation and removal powers, and police may use reasonable force where permitted (Regs 6–8, 41–46).\n\n**Why it matters (official purpose and practical effects)**\n\n- The Regulations state their objectives as regulating conduct in the declared and designated access areas during the race, facilitating safety during works, facilitating operational arrangements for the Grand Prix, limiting the application of certain provisions in relation to public access areas, and prescribing the method of calculation of a required payment to the committee of management (Reg 1).\n\n- Practical effects of those objectives:\n  - Concentrates control over who may sell, advertise, film or enter specific spaces in the hands of the Corporation (Regs 13, 14, 26, 39–40). The Corporation therefore decides many commercial and access outcomes on site.\n  - Extends the period of control beyond the race days into a \"specified period\" (11 weeks before to 3 weeks after the event for the declared area) to cover works, setup and pack-down (Regs 5, 47–49). This increases the temporal scope of regulation and enforcement.\n  - Imposes criminal penalties (penalty units) for non‑compliance with many rules (multiple regs carry 5–20 penalty units; see endnotes for monetary value of a penalty unit). That creates deterrence backed by police powers (Parts 4–6).\n  - Balances expanded enforcement with a new carve‑out: a public access area declaration can exclude many of the Regulations’ prohibitions for specified dates/times (Reg 5A). This gives the Corporation the discretion to allow normal public activity in defined public-access zones, but only if it issues such a declaration.\n\n**Costs, incentives and trade‑offs (practical testing of the stated purpose)**\n\n- Who pays: event attendees and commercial operators bear compliance costs (tickets, obeying conditions of entry, limited ability to sell or advertise); the Corporation bears administrative costs of authorising entrants, issuing signs, running screening, and paying the prescribed amount to the committee of management (Reg 52). Police and security resource time is required to enforce (Regs 41–46).\n\n- Incentives created:\n  - Corporations: can monetise access and exclusivity (reserved areas/seats, control over vendors and advertising) because authorisation is required for commercial activity (Regs 14, 39, 40).\n  - Attendees and small sellers: incentivised to obtain authorisation or avoid bringing prohibited items; risk of confiscation, ejection and fines encourages compliance (Regs 41–46, penalties).\n  - Media/filmmakers: incentivised to obtain licensing/authorisation to commercially record or transmit (Reg 26).\n\n- Trade‑offs and opportunity costs:\n  - Public amenity vs operational control: restricting activities in public parkland and defining fenced/cordoned areas (Reg 16) and works areas (Reg 47) improves operational safety but reduces normal access to public spaces for an extended period.\n  - Commercial exclusion vs local micro-enterprise: prohibitions on selling or distributing material without authorisation (Reg 40) protect authorised sponsors and concessions but exclude informal vendors, buskers and small traders unless authorised.\n\n- Implementation and compliance risks:\n  - Discretion: many powers rest with the Corporation (what is a reserved area, what is authorised) and with authorised persons or police (reasonable grounds tests in enforcement, Regs 38, 44). This requires robust internal procedures to avoid inconsistent application.\n  - Notice and signage obligations exist (Reg 13(2), Reg 51(2), Reg 36(2)), but effective enforcement depends on clear communication and skilled security staff.\n  - The record/transmit prohibition (Reg 26) and the advertising/sales prohibitions (Regs 39–40) create potential conflict points with media freedom, legitimate photography, and incidental commerce; authorisations and exceptions will be operationally important.\n\n- Concentrated benefits, diffuse costs:\n  - Benefits (control over commercial activity, sponsorship exclusivity, safety of operations) are concentrated for the Corporation and authorised commercial partners. Costs (restricted access, inability to sell, loss of casual economic opportunity) are spread across many individuals and small operators.\n\n**Behaviour changes required by the law (plain statements)**\n\n- Visitors must enter only via designated entrances, carry no prohibited items, obey screening, not record or sell without permission, and follow directions to leave when given (Regs 9, 18, 26, 40, 42, 43–46).\n- Vendors, advertisers and buskers must obtain written authorisation from the Corporation before operating on site (Regs 37, 39, 40).\n- Contractors and members of the public must stay out of fenced works areas during the specified period unless authorised (Regs 16, 47).\n- The Corporation decides reserved areas/seats, opening/closing times, permitted entrants, and when a public access area declaration applies (Regs 13, 14, 5A, 51).\n\n**Key specific provisions to note**\n\n- Prohibited item list is extensive (glass bottles, drones, large flags, weapons, fireworks, certain electronic equipment, chairs except folding, bicycles/skateboards/scooters/electric personal transporters, etc.) (Reg 5 definition of prohibited item).\n- Recording/transmitting commercial footage is banned without written authorisation (Reg 26).\n- The public‑access carve‑out (Reg 5A) exempts many conduct prohibitions for areas/dates/times specified by the Corporation — so public access can be preserved in limited zones/times if the Corporation declares them.\n- Specified period extends regulation to pre- and post-event set‑up and clean‑up, with stepped re‑entry bans for multiple expulsions during that period (Regs 5, 47–49).\n- Prescribed payment: Reg 52 fixes $200,000 for 2026 and a 3% compounded annual uplift thereafter as the prescribed amount the Corporation must pay under the Act (Reg 52).\n\n"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content, there is no evidence that the scope of this legislation changed from its original intent. It appears to remain focused on regulating the conduct and administration of Formula One Grand Prix events in Australia, consistent with its enabling Act. The document provided is too limited in substance to identify any scope drift."},"complexity_factors":["Highly limited substantive content was provided — mostly version history metadata rather than actual regulatory provisions","Regulations of this type typically involve cross-referencing with parent legislation (Australian Grands Prix Act 1994) and FIA (motorsport governing body) rules, adding interpretive layers","Event precinct regulations often involve multiple overlapping jurisdictions (state, federal, private event rules)","However, Formula One event regulations are generally straightforward in purpose and scope, keeping complexity relatively low"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out how Formula One Grands Prix are to be run in Australia, prescribing the practical and administrative framework that makes staging the event lawful and manages public safety and order. They affect event organisers, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, participants (drivers, teams, officials), attendees, nearby members of the public, and contractors.\n\nNote: the available document contained mainly structural metadata, so detailed provisions were not reviewable."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has grown significantly beyond its original 2016 scope through the 2026 amendments. Originally focused on regulating conduct during the race period and ensuring safety during event works, the 2026 amendments (S.R. No. 7/2026) introduced a complex 'public access area' framework that creates exemptions for approximately 30 regulations in designated community areas. This represents a substantial policy shift from blanket event control to a nuanced balance between event operations and local community access. Additionally, the 2026 amendments added a new objective (regulation 1(cb)) and detailed payment calculation method (regulation 52) for financial obligations to the park's committee of management, expanding the regulations into fiscal administration beyond pure event management."},"complexity_factors":["21 defined terms in the interpretation section (regulation 5), many cross-referencing other Victorian Acts","Extensive cross-referencing to external legislation: Australian Grands Prix Act 1994, Tobacco Act 1987, Dangerous Goods Act 1985, Liquor Control Reform Act 1998, Control of Weapons Act 1990, Firearms Act 1996, Road Safety Act 1986, Marine Safety Act 2010, Private Security Act 2004, Road Safety Road Rules 2017","Nested conditional logic: regulation 5A creates a blanket exemption system for 'public access areas' that modifies approximately 30 other regulations, requiring readers to check two places to understand if a rule applies","Dual temporal frameworks: different rules apply during 'race period' versus 'specified period' (which extends 11 weeks before to 3 weeks after), with some rules applying to both","Multiple overlapping enforcement mechanisms: criminal offences with penalty units, directions to leave, expulsion powers, and inspection powers, with different consequences for non-compliance","Tiered re-entry bans: regulation 49 creates escalating penalties for repeated expulsions during the specified period (24 hours, then 7 days, then remainder of period)","Complex prohibited item definition (regulation 5) with 20 sub-categories including catch-all provisions for items with no 'ordinary and reasonable use' that 'may be used in the commission of an offence'","Amendment tracking: the text includes substantial editorial notes showing insertions from 2018 and 2026 amendments, creating visual clutter and requiring readers to reconstruct current law from marked changes"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the rules for anyone attending the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne. They cover what you can bring, where you can go, and how you must behave during the event and the weeks before and after it.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Spectators and visitors** – anyone with a ticket or pass entering the race precinct\n- **The Australian Grand Prix Corporation** – the body that runs the event and appoints security staff\n- **Authorised officers and police** – who have powers to search people, confiscate banned items, and remove troublemakers\n- **Local residents and businesses** – particularly those in \"public access areas\" where some rules don't apply\n\n**Key things the rules do:**\n\n**Access control**\n- You can only enter through official gates (designated entrances) and must leave through official exits\n- You need a valid ticket or authorisation to be in the race area\n- If you're kicked out, you can't come back for 24 hours (or longer if it happens multiple times)\n- Special \"public access areas\" exist where some entry rules are relaxed for local access\n\n**Banned items (prohibited items)**\nThe regulations list specific things you can't bring in, including:\n- Glass bottles and unsealed drink containers\n- Large flags or banners (bigger than 1m x 1m or with handles over 1m)\n- Weapons, firearms, dangerous goods, fireworks\n- Drones, laser pointers, distress signals\n- Bicycles, skateboards, scooters, electric personal transporters\n- Coolers (unless foam/polystyrene)\n- Chairs (unless folding)\n- Animals (except assistance dogs for people with disabilities)\n- Professional recording equipment that could interfere with broadcast rights\n\n**Behaviour rules**\n- No bringing your own alcohol – you must buy it inside\n- No smoking in designated no-smoking areas\n- No climbing trees or structures, damaging plants, or disturbing wildlife\n- No swimming in Albert Park Lake\n- No blocking stairs, exits, or other people's views\n- No throwing objects, disrupting races, or interfering with drivers\n- No unauthorised filming or recording for commercial purposes\n- No unauthorised advertising, selling goods, or busking\n- No digging or building structures\n\n**Enforcement powers**\n- Security staff and police can ask to see your ticket, search your bags, and use screening equipment\n- They can confiscate banned items (weapons won't be returned)\n- They can direct you to leave if you break rules, and use reasonable force if you refuse\n- Police can stop you entering if you have prohibited items or no ticket\n\n**Special periods**\n- The \"race period\" is when the event runs\n- The \"specified period\" extends 11 weeks before to 3 weeks after the race – during this time, special rules apply to construction and works areas to keep the setup and pack-down safe\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese rules balance public safety, protecting the environment around Albert Park, safeguarding the commercial broadcast rights of the event, and ensuring the race can operate smoothly. The 2026 amendments introduced \"public access areas\" – carve-outs where local residents and businesses have more freedom to move and operate during the event, recognising that the race precinct overlaps with regular community spaces."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-grands-prix-formula-one-regulations-2016","history":"/api/acts/australian-grands-prix-formula-one-regulations-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-grands-prix-formula-one-regulations-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-grands-prix-formula-one-regulations-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-grands-prix-formula-one-regulations-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-grands-prix-formula-one-regulations-2016/documents"}}