Music Festivals Act 2019
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In this Act—
agreed health and medical plan, for a music festival, means a health and medical plan agreed to under section 6 for the music festival.
ambulance forward commander means the NSW Ambulance commander at an incident or emergency site or an event who is responsible for the command of all NSW Ambulance personnel at the site or event.
concert means a music-focused event that includes all of the following—
(a) the event uses a single stage,
(b) the event is proposed to be held over a period of less than 5 hours,
(c) the event has not more than 2 headlining performers and not more than 4 performers in total, including supporting performers, with 1 group or collective being considered to be a single performer.
exercise a function includes perform a duty.
function includes a power, authority or duty.
Guidelines for Music Festival Event Organisers means the document titled Guidelines for Music Festival Event Organisers: Music Festival Harm Reduction produced by the Ministry of Health—
(a) as in force from time to time, and
(b) published on a NSW Government website.
health officer means the following—
(a) a member of staff of the Ministry of Health,
(b) a member of staff of the NSW Health Service,
(c) an ambulance forward commander,
(d) a person engaged by a music festival organiser to provide health services at a music festival.
Health Secretary means the Secretary of the Ministry of Health.
ILGA means the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority constituted under the Gaming and Liquor Administration Act 2007.
inspector means an inspector appointed under section 20 of the Gaming and Liquor Administration Act 2007 for the purposes of this Act.
intensive care unit means a unit for the observation, care and treatment of patients with life threatening or potentially life threatening illnesses, injuries or complications, from which recovery is possible, that is specially staffed and equipped for that purpose.
music festival means an event, other than a concert, that—