New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MAJOR EVENTS ACT 2009 - SECT 3

3 Objects of Act

The objects of this Act are as follows:

(a) to attract, support and facilitate the holding and conduct of major events in New South Wales, in particular, events that are anticipated to be of a large scale with a significant number of participants or spectators (whether of a sporting, cultural or other nature),

(b) to increase the benefits flowing from major events to the people of New South Wales,

(c) to promote the safety and enjoyment of participants and spectators at major events,

(d) to prevent unauthorised commercial exploitation of major events at the expense of event organisers and sponsors,

(e) to enable authorities that are to manage, co-ordinate or regulate major events to be established or designated by regulation,

(f) to make provision for the following matters in relation to major events:

(i) traffic control and the co-ordination of transport and parking,

(ii) the regulation of commercial exploitation of the events, including the prevention of ambush marketing and unauthorised use of official titles and insignia,

(iii) safety and crowd management,

(g) to ensure that government agencies are authorised to facilitate and support the holding and conduct of major events.