NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
MAJOR CRICKET EVENTS ACT 2003
As in force at 14 October 2015
Table of provisions
1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1
2 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1
3 Act binds Crown .............................................................................. 1
4 Declaration of major cricket event ................................................... 1
5 Content of declaration ..................................................................... 2
6 Cricket venue................................................................................... 2
7 Effect of declaration ......................................................................... 2
8 Prohibition of certain conduct at major cricket event ....................... 2
10 Offences by employers .................................................................... 3
11 Liability of employees and agents.................................................... 3
12 Regulations...................................................................................... 4
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 14 October 2015
MAJOR CRICKET EVENTS ACT 2003
An Act to provide for the safe and orderly management, operation and
control of certain cricket matches and the venues where those cricket
matches are held and for related purposes
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Major Cricket Events Act 2003.
2 Definitions
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
cricket ground means the entire area used for playing a cricket
match at a cricket venue.
cricket venue means the place (which could be a stadium, arena,
field, ground or other area) described in a declaration as the venue
where a major cricket event will be held.
declaration means a declaration of a major cricket event under
section 4.
major cricket event means a cricket match, a series of cricket
matches or a cricket tournament declared under section 4 to be a
major cricket event.
3 Act binds Crown
This Act binds the Crown in right of the Territory, and to the extent
the legislative power of the Legislative Assembly permits, the
Crown in all its other capacities.
4 Declaration of major cricket event
(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare any of the
following events to be held in the Territory to be a major cricket
event:
(a) a cricket match;
(b) a series of cricket matches;
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(c) a cricket tournament.
(2) The declaration may be subject to the conditions the Minister
considers appropriate.
5 Content of declaration
A declaration is to:
(a) specify the cricket match, series of cricket matches or cricket
tournament to which it relates;
(b) specify the date when or period during which the major cricket
event will be held;
(c) describe the venue where the major cricket event will be held;
(d) specify the date on which or period during which the
declaration is in force and include a statement that this Act
and the Regulations apply in relation to the major cricket
event; and
(e) specify the conditions to which the declaration is subject, if
any.
6 Cricket venue
The cricket venue:
(a) may include areas that are to be used for a purpose ancillary
to holding the major cricket event (for example, areas for car
parks, for providing access to the venue or to a part of the
venue or where spectators may stand or sit to view the
cricket); and
(b) may be comprised of 2 or more non-contiguous areas.
7 Effect of declaration
An offence against this Act or the Regulations can only be
committed while a declaration is in force.
8 Prohibition of certain conduct at major cricket event
(1) A person must not:
(a) unless the person is authorised to do so, enter or be present
in or on a cricket ground or any other part of a cricket venue;
(b) throw or project objects on to a cricket ground; or
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(c) engage in conduct that causes or is likely to cause injury or
harm to, or otherwise interfere with, disrupt, hinder or distract,
a person playing in, umpiring or otherwise having a role in the
conduct of a cricket match played at a major cricket event (for
example, a referee, coach, groundsman or person who
provides medical support to cricket players).
Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person –
45 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate –
450 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subsection (1)(a) or (b) is a regulatory offence.
10 Offences by employers
(1) If an employee commits an offence against this Act or the
Regulations, the employee's employer is taken to have committed
the offence to the same extent as the employee.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution of an employer for an offence
referred to in subsection (1) that the employer did not authorise
(either expressly or by implication) the actions of the employee
constituting the offence.
(3) A proceeding may be brought against an employer and an order or
finding of guilt may be made in respect of the employer by virtue of
subsection (1) whether or not the employee has been or is being
proceeded against or an order or finding of guilt has been or will be
made in respect of the employee.
(4) In this section:
employee includes a person who provides services to another
person under a contract with the other person or a third party.
employer includes a person to whom another person provides
services under a contract with the other person or a third party.
11 Liability of employees and agents
(1) Subject to subsection (2), it is no defence to a prosecution of a
person in the capacity of an employee or agent for an offence
against this Act or the Regulations that the defendant was, at the
time of the commission of the offence, an employee or agent of
another person.
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(2) It is a defence to a prosecution of a person referred to in
subsection (1) for an offence against this Act or the Regulations
that the person was, at the time of the commission of the offence,
under the personal supervision of another person.
12 Regulations
(1) The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
giving effect to this Act.
(2) The Regulations may provide for any of the following matters:
(a) the organisation, management and control of a major cricket
event and the carrying out of works or activities or providing
services for the safe and orderly conduct of a major cricket
event;
(b) the control, management and use of a cricket venue and the
carrying out of works or activities or providing services in, on
or near a cricket venue for the safe and orderly management
and use of the cricket venue;
(c) the prohibition or regulation of entry into a cricket venue or
part of a cricket venue;
(d) the prohibition or regulation of the conduct or activities of
persons for the purpose of the safe and orderly conduct of a
major cricket event or the safe and orderly use of a cricket
venue;
(e) the payment of a prescribed amount instead of a penalty that
may otherwise be imposed for an offence against this Act or
the Regulations and for the service of a notice relating to
payment of the amount on a person alleged to have
committed the offence and the particulars to be included in the
notice;
(f) the designation of an offence against the Regulations as a
regulatory offence;
(g) maximum penalties of 45 penalty units or, where offences are
committed by bodies corporate, 450 penalty units for offences
against the Regulations.
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(3) The Regulations may:
(a) in prohibiting or regulating conduct or an activity, prohibit or
regulate either absolutely or conditionally or in relation to a
class of acts, matters or things or a situation or other
circumstance;
(b) require a matter or thing referred to in the Regulations to be
approved by or done to the satisfaction of a specified person
(whether a named person, a person by reference to the office
or position held by the person or a person from time to time
holding, acting in or performing the duties of a specified office
or position);
(c) confer a discretion on a person referred to in paragraph (b); or
(d) authorise a person or a class of persons to:
(i) direct a person who is not complying with or allegedly
not complying with this Act or the Regulations to take an
action or cease taking an action; or
(ii) remove, with the force that is necessary and reasonable,
a person who is not complying with or allegedly not
complying with this Act or the Regulations, or who fails
to comply with a direction referred to in paragraph (a),
from a cricket venue.
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Major Cricket Events Act 2003 (Act No. 28, 2003)
Assent date 26 June 2003
Commenced 26 June 2003
Penalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)
Assent date 12 July 2013
Commenced 28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)
Statute Law Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2015 (Act No. 26, 2015)
Assent date 18 September 2015
Commenced 14 October 2015 (Gaz G41, 14 October 2015, p 3)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: s 1.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
s 8 amd No. 23, 2013, s 17
s 9 rep No. 26, 2015, s 73
s 12 amd No. 23, 2013, s 17