Major Events Regulation 2025
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9 Applications for approvals to sell or distribute prescribed articles
9 Applications for approvals to sell or distribute prescribed articles
(1) This section applies if the Minister has made a Ministerial order declaring that the Act, section 37 applies to the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026.
(2) For the Act, section 37(8), an application for a prescribed articles sales approval must be made in accordance with this section.
(3) The application must—
(a) be made in writing to the responsible authority, and
(b) be accompanied by the fee, if any, determined by the responsible authority, and
(c) specify the controlled area in relation to which the approval is sought, and
(d) include the information and be accompanied by the documents the responsible authority requires to enable the responsible authority to properly consider and decide the application, and
(e) be lodged with the responsible authority at least 14 days, or a shorter period determined by the responsible authority, before the beginning of the sales control period.
(4) The responsible authority may require an applicant to give the authority additional information or documents before deciding the application.
(5) The responsible authority may waive or reduce a fee referred to in subsection (3)(b).
(6) The responsible authority must decide an application by—
(a) granting the application unconditionally or subject to conditions, or
(b) refusing the application.
(7) As soon as practicable after deciding the application, the responsible authority must give the applicant written notice of the decision.
(8) Despite subsection (6), the responsible authority may refuse to decide an application if the applicant contravenes—
(a) the requirements of subsection (3), or
(b) a requirement to give information under subsection (4).
(9) The responsible authority is taken to have refused an application if the responsible authority fails to give an applicant written notice of a decision before the beginning of the period for which the approval is sought.