Queensland Consolidated Acts

MOTOR RACING EVENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 39

(1) An authorised person may, during the declared period—

(a) prevent another person—

(i) from entering the declared area if the other person is not a permitted entrant; or

(ii) from entering the declared area other than through an approved entrance; or

(iii) from leaving the declared area other than through an approved exit; or

(iv) from entering a restricted area if the other person is not a permitted person; or

(b) require—

(i) a person entering the declared area to produce for inspection by the authorised person any container the person intends taking into the declared area; or

(ii) a person in the declared area to produce evidence satisfactory to the authorised person that the person is a permitted entrant; or

(iii) the following persons to state their full name and address and to produce evidence satisfactory to the authorised person of the correctness of the name and address—

(A) a person found committing an offence against this Act;

(B) a person the authorised person reasonably suspects has committed an offence against this Act; or

(c) remove—

(i) from the declared area a person—

(A) who has entered the area in contravention of section 24; or

(B) who fails to produce evidence satisfactory to the authorised person that the person is a permitted entrant; or

(C) who the authorised person finds committing an offence against this Act; or

(D) who the authorised person reasonably suspects has, on that day, committed an offence against this Act; or

(ii) from the declared area any animal or bird brought into the area in contravention of section 36; or

(iii) from a restricted area any person who is not a permitted person; or

(iv) from a reserved area, a reserved seat or a seat in a reserved block of seats, a person who does not hold a reserved ticket; or

(d) remove and confiscate anything placed on a structure in contravention of section 33; or

(e) confiscate—

(i) a document that is an imitation of, or could be taken to be, an occupant's pass or ticket; or

(ii) any printed matter distributed in the declared area in contravention of section 34; or

(iii) any material that could be used to erect a structure, brought into the declared area in contravention of section 35; or

(iv) any alcoholic beverage found in the possession of a person entering the declared area if bringing the beverage into the declared area would be in contravention of section 37(1); or

(v) any alcoholic beverage found in the possession of a person in a part of the declared area where the supply or consumption of alcoholic beverages is not permitted under section 37(3); or

(vi) any prohibited object brought into the declared area in contravention of section 38; or

(f) dismantle any structure erected in the declared area in contravention of section 35.

(2) If an authorised person confiscates an item, the authorised person must give the person from whom the item was confiscated, a voucher to enable the person to apply to the promoter for return of the item.

(3) If a voucher is not given to a person from whom an item is confiscated, the confiscation is invalid.