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### 3A Meaning of "crowd control activities"
> [*\[Section 3A Inserted by No. 58 of 2005, s. 6, Applied:01 Jan 2006\]*](/view/html/inforce/2006-01-01/act-2005-058#GS6@EN)
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> > (1) [*\[Section 3A Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2010, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-07-01/act-2010-039#GS5@EN) A person undertakes crowd control activities if he or she does any of the following activities in, or in respect of, licensed premises, or premises or a place in which entertainment or sport is offered or occurs, a business or social function is being held or a protest or riot is taking or may take place, whether the premises or place is open to the public or is private:
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> > > > (a) screening entry into those premises or that place;
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> > > > (b) monitoring or controlling behaviour of persons, or otherwise maintaining order, in those premises or that place;
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> > > > (c) removing persons from those premises or that place.
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> > (2) Despite [subsection (1)](#GS3A@Gs1@EN) , a person who does an activity specified in that subsection is not undertaking crowd control activities if –
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> > > > (a) that person is a police officer who does that activity as part of his or her duty as a police officer; or
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> > > > (b) that person does nothing more than check that persons seeking admission to any premises or place have paid the required admission fee or have invitations or passes allowing entry to those premises or that place.