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POLICE ACT 1892 - SECT 39E

39E .         Terms used

                In this Part —

        charitable organisation means —

            (a)         a public benevolent or religious institution;

            (b)         a public hospital or a hospital carried on by an association or other body of persons otherwise than for purposes of profit or gain to the individual members of that association or body;

            (c)         a university;

            (d)         a government college, a government school, or a college or school carried on by an association or other body of persons otherwise than for purposes of profit or gain to the individual members of that association or body;

            (e)         a trust the moneys of which may be applied only for charitable purposes;

            (f)         an institution established for any other charitable purpose;

            (g)         a society, institution or organisation established, and carried on, solely for the purpose of raising money for, or otherwise promoting the interests of, an entity that is a charitable organisation under any of paragraphs (a) to (f);

        Department has the same meaning as in section 39A;

        event

            (a)         means an event of a sporting or entertainment nature (whether it takes place wholly or partly in a public place or on private property), where —

                  (i)         a charge is made for admission to the event or to participate in the event; or

                  (ii)         the event is run for commercial gain; or

                  (iii)         the event is promoted, advertised or sponsored under a commercial arrangement;

                but

            (b)         does not include —

                  (i)         an event run wholly or mainly for a charitable purpose as defined in the Charitable Collections Act 1946 section 5; or

                  (ii)         an event run by or for the benefit of a charitable organisation; or

                  (iii)         a public event that celebrates or commemorates a day of national or local significance (for example, an Australia Day public fireworks display, or an ANZAC Day parade); or

                  (iv)         an event run for the benefit of a local community (for example, a street fair); or

                  (v)         a government-sponsored event exempted by the Minister under section 39H; or

                  (vi)         any other event or class of event exempted from this Part by regulations made under this Act;

        government-sponsored event means an event sponsored by a local government or a regional local government or the State or the Commonwealth;

        major event has the meaning given in section 39F;

        police services , in relation to an event, means the attendance of police officers at the event in order to do any of the following —

            (a)         keep order;

            (b)         provide an immediate emergency management capability;

            (c)         provide traffic management in the immediate vicinity of the event.

        [Section 39E inserted: No. 12 of 2011 s. 4.]



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