16Banning from Opera House premises

16 Banning from Opera House premises

16 Banning from Opera House premises

(1) The Trust may ban a person from the Opera House premises if it believes on reasonable grounds that—

(a) the person has contravened a provision of this By-law or has committed another offence on the Opera House premises, or

(b) the person has failed to comply with a request made under clause 5 that is a condition of the person’s entry to the Opera House premises, or

(c) the person has caused inconvenience or has behaved in an offensive manner or a manner likely to endanger the person or another person.

(2) A ban under this clause takes effect when written notice of the ban is served on the person and remains in force for the period specified in the notice or for 3 months, if no period is specified.

(3) The maximum period that may be specified in a notice under subclause (2) is 3 months unless there is a ban already in force in relation to the person, in which case the maximum period that may be specified is 12 months.

(4) The Trust may remove a ban in relation to a person at any time by written notice served on the person.

(5) A person must not enter the Opera House premises while a ban is in force in relation to the person.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(6) The Trust may delegate the exercise of a function of the Trust under this clause, other than this power of delegation, to the Chief Executive Officer, another member of staff of the Trust or a police officer.