Western Australian Numbered Acts

MAJOR EVENTS (AERIAL ADVERTISING) ACT 2009 (NO. 20 OF 2009) - SECT 5

5 .         Event orders

        (1)         On an application under section 4, the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette , declare an event specified in the order to be an event for the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         Before making an order, the Minister —

            (a)         must be satisfied that —

                  (i)         the event is a major event at the international or national level; and

                  (ii)         the event has commercial arrangements that are likely to be adversely affected by unauthorised aerial advertising; and

                  (iii)         the operations of the event are likely to be adversely affected by aerial advertising that is not authorised by the event organiser;

                and

            (b)         must have regard to —

                  (i)         the number of people who might attend the event; and

                  (ii)         the likely media coverage of the event; and

                  (iii)         the projected economic benefit of the event to the State; and

                  (iv)         the contribution to the State’s national and international profile as a host of major events.

        (3)         An event order must specify —

            (a)         the day or days on which the event is to be conducted; and

            (b)         the place at which the event is to be conducted; and

            (c)         the starting time and the finishing time in respect of each day of the event; and

            (d)         the organiser for the event; and

            (e)         the manner in which the event organiser must publicise that the event is covered by the event order; and

            (f)         any conditions to which the order is subject.

        (4)         Failure to publicise that an event is covered by the event order in accordance with subsection (3)(e) does not render the event order void.