Music Festivals Act 2019
11Incident register to be kept
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11 Incident register to be kept
11 Incident register to be kept
(1) A music festival organiser for a music festival the Secretary has determined requires an agreed health and medical plan must keep an incident register—
(a) in a form approved by the Secretary, and
(b) in accordance with this section.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) The incident register must record details of the following incidents that occur during the period beginning when the music festival starts operating until 1 hour after the festival stops operating—
(a) an incident that results in the death of a patron of the festival,
(b) an incident that results in a patron of the festival requiring medical assistance as a result of intoxication,
(c) an incident involving violence or anti-social behaviour occurring on the premises on which the festival is being held,
(d) an incident of which the music festival organiser is aware that involves violence or anti-social behaviour occurring in the immediate vicinity of the premises and that involves a person who has recently left, or been refused admission to, the premises,
(e) an incident, on the premises, of which the music festival organiser is aware, that involves the possession or use of a substance that the organiser reasonably suspects as being a prohibited plant or a prohibited drug, other than an incident that has been disclosed to a person engaged by the organiser to provide health services at the festival or to a health practitioner,
(f) an incident that results in a person being turned out of the premises,
(g) if the health and medical plan prohibits minors on the premises or part of the premises—a minor being located on the premises or the part of the premises prohibited to minors.
(3) The incident register must also record details of action taken in response to a recorded incident.
(4) The music festival organiser must—
(a) make the incident register available for inspection by a police officer, inspector or health officer if requested to do so, and
(b) allow a police officer, inspector or health officer to take copies of the incident register or to remove the incident register from the premises, and