Major Events Act 2009
63Civil proceedings to restrain breaches of this Act and certain agreements
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63 Civil proceedings to restrain breaches of this Act and certain agreements
63 Civil proceedings to restrain breaches of this Act and certain agreements
(1) The responsible authority for a major event may bring proceedings in the Supreme Court for an order to remedy or restrain the following breaches, whether or not any right of the responsible authority has been or may be infringed by or as a consequence of that breach—
(a) a breach of this Act,
(b) a breach of an agreement, or class of agreements, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
(2) If the Court is satisfied that a breach referred to in subsection (1) has been committed or that such a breach may, unless restrained by order of the Court, be committed, it may make such order as it thinks fit to remedy or restrain the breach.
(3) Without limiting the powers of the Court under subsection (2), an order made under that subsection may—
(a) where the breach relates to a use of any building, work or land—restrain that use, and
(b) where the breach is a breach of an agreement—specify actions that must be taken or actions that must cease or be refrained from.
(4) The functions of the Court under this section are in addition to and not in derogation from any other functions of the Court.
(5) Nothing in this section limits or otherwise affects other remedies that the responsible authority may have (apart from this section) in relation to a breach of an agreement.
(6) In this section—
(a) a reference to a breach of an agreement is a reference to—
(i) a contravention of or failure to comply with the agreement, and
(ii) a threatened or an apprehended contravention of or a threatened or apprehended failure to comply with the agreement, and
(b) a reference to a breach of this Act is a reference to—
(i) a contravention of or failure to comply with this Act, and
(ii) a threatened or an apprehended contravention of or a threatened or apprehended failure to comply with this Act, and