Crowd Controllers Act 1999 (TAS)

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Crowd Controllers Act 1999

An Act to provide for the regulation of the provision of crowd control services and for related purposes

[Royal Assent 7 April 1999]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Crowd Controllers Act 1999 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on a day to be proclaimed. 3Interpretation (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – crowd controller means a person who, in respect of licensed premises, performs the function of – (a) controlling or monitoring the behaviour of persons; or (b) screening persons seeking entry; or (c) removing persons because of their behaviour; disqualifying offence means – (a) an offence involving dishonesty whether committed in the State or elsewhere; or (b) an offence involving violence whether committed in the State or elsewhere; or (c) an offence against Part V of the Poisons Act 1971 ; licensed premises has the same meaning as in the Liquor and Accommodation Act 1990 ; police officer has the same meaning as in the Police Regulation Act 1898 . (2)  If a person has at any time been convicted of an offence against a law of another State or a Territory which is substantially similar to an offence referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of disqualifying offence , the conviction of the offence against that law is to be taken for the purposes of this Act to be a conviction of an offence referred to in that paragraph. 4Non-application of Act (1)  This Act does not apply to – (a) a police officer; or (b) a ticket collector at licensed premises to the extent that his or her functions include screening persons seeking entry to those premises; or (c) a natural person who is the licensee of licensed premises to the extent that he or she controls or monitors the behaviour of persons at the licensed premises; or (d) a person employed at licensed premises who performs at those premises any prescribed function; or (e) any person or class of persons exempted under subsection (3) . (2)  For the purposes of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) , prescribed function, in relation to a person employed at licensed premises, means a function specified in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) of the definition of crowd controller in section 3 which is not part of the regular duties of that person at those premises. (3)  The Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, may exempt from this Act – (a) any specified class of persons; or (b) persons carrying out specified duties; or (c) persons carrying out duties at any specified place, event or function or specified class of place, event or function. (4)  The notice published in the Gazette may provide – (a) for circumstances in which, and conditions subject to…

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