SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ELIZABETH OVAL REGULATIONS, 1980
REGULATIONS UNDER THE RECREATION GROUNDS (REGULATIONS)
ACT, 1931
Elizabeth Oval Regulations, 1980
being
No. 29 of 1981: Gaz. 19 February 1981, p. 473
1. (a) These regulations may be cited as the Elizabeth Oval Regulations, 1980.
(b) In these regulations, except where the subject matter or context or other provisions of these regulations require a different construction, the following terms in inverted commas have the respective meaning hereinafter assigned to them, that is to say:—
"Authorised person" includes the town clerk of the corporation of the city of Elizabeth and the caretaker of the oval, and means any person holding an authority in writing from the council under the hands of the town clerk to do the acts or perform the duties set out in such authority and any member of the police force or special constable.
"Caretaker" includes any person for the time being carrying out the duties of the caretaker.
"Council" means the council of the corporation of the city of Elizabeth.
"Inspector of Licensed Premises" means an inspector appointed under the Licensing Act,
1967-1977.
"Licensing Court" means the Licensing Court of South Australia
"Liquor" means brandy, gin, rum, whisky, cordials containing spirits, wine, cider, perry, mead ale, porter, beer or any other spiritous malt, vinous or fermented liquors, but does not include any liquor which does not contain more than 1.15 per cent alcohol by volume at twenty degrees celsius.
"Oval" means and includes:—
(i) all those pieces of land contained and described in certificate of title register book volume 4050 folio 850, and an area of 6.475 hectares or thereabouts being portion of section 3125 and 3128, and allotment 2 of the hundred of Munno Para county of Adelaide known as Elizabeth Oval.
"Playing Area" means the whole of that portion of the oval which is grassed and surrounded
or enclosed by the chain wire fence.
"Town Clerk" includes any person, for the time being carrying out the duties of town clerk
of the corporation of the city of Elizabeth.
2. When any sport or game is to be played or held for which a charge of admission has been fixed or approved by the council, no person shall enter the oval except by such gates or turnstiles as have been set apart for the purpose.
3. No person shall, at any time, enter or remain in the oval without paying such charges for admission as may from time to time be fixed or approved by the council, or producing a medal, token, ticket or pass of admission which has been duly issued by the council, or by an association or body authorised by the council in that behalf, and which medal, token ticket or pass he is then entitled to use but this clause shall not in any way derogate from the statutory or common law rights of entry of a member of the police force, inspector of licensed premises or any other person with such statutory or common law rights.
4. No person shall, at any time, enter or remain in any part of the public grandstand reserve without paying such admission charges as shall from time to time be fixed by the council, or producing a medal, token, ticket or pass of admission duly issued to him by the council, or an association or body authorised by the council in that behalf, and which medal, token, ticket or pass he is then entitled to use but this clause shall not in any way derogate from the statutory or common law rights of entry of a member of the police force, inspector of licensed premises or any other person with such statutory or common law rights.
5. No person shall, at any time, enter or remain in the members’ reserve or reserved area without being in lawful possession of, and producing upon demand made by the council or any authorised person a medal, token, ticket or pass of admission to the members’ reserve or reserved area duly issued by the council but this clause shall not in any way derogate from the statutory or common law rights of entry of a member of the police force, inspector of licensed premises or any other person with such statutory or common law rights.
6. (1) No person shall, for the purpose of gaining admission to the oval or any part thereof use, or attempt to use, any medal, token, ticket or pass of admission which is marked "Not Transferrable", and which has not been issued to him by the council or by an association or body authorised by the council in that behalf.
(2) Any person who is found contravening the provisions of clause (1) of this regulation shall, upon demand made by an authorised person, forthwith surrender such medal, token, ticket or pass to such authorised person.
7. No person to whom a medal, token, ticket or pass of admission has been issued by the council, or by an association or body authorised by the council in that behalf entitling such person to entry to the oval, or any part thereof, and which said medal, token, ticket or pass is marked "Not Transferrable" shall hand or transfer the same to any other person for use by him or by any other person, or shall permit or suffer such medal, token, ticket or pass to be used by any other person.
8. Every person who shall be in the portion of the oval known as the "members’ reserve" or reserved area shall, upon demand by any gatekeeper or other authorised person, produce his medal, token, ticket or pass of admission, and if such person does not produce such medal, token, ticket or pass of admission, such person shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.
9. No person holding a life members’ Oval ticket or annual members’ Oval ticket, issued by the Council, upon leaving the Oval at any time when "pass out" checks or tickets are issued which entitled the holders to re-enter the Oval, or any part thereof, shall take or accept from the gatekeeper any such "pass out" check or ticket.
10. (1) No person who is not an authorised person shall, either inside or outside the Oval, sell or offer for sale any ticket or pass by which entry to the Oval can be obtained and no person shall either inside or outside the Oval purchase any such ticket or pass from a person who is not a duly authorised official of the council.
(2) Clause (1) of this regulation shall not apply to the sale or purchase of league club tickets issued by the South Australian National Football League Limited or to any tickets sold by the promoters of any sport, game or entertainment for which the council has granted the use of the Oval, provided the form of such ticket has been submitted to and approved by the council.
11. No person shall climb or step or jump on or over any fence, gate, sight screen, hedge or pickets around or without the Oval, or cut, break, damage or destroy any fence, gate, hedge, pickets, building erection, grass surface, or flower plot, or other property of the council in the Oval or pick any flowers or injure or uproot any shrub, plant or tree planted in or growing thereon.
12. No person shall, without the written authority of the council, post, stick or place any poster, placard, bill, print or paper on any Oval building, erection or fence or distribute same within the Oval.
13. No person shall paint or write upon, carve into or otherwise deface any wall, fence, gate, seat or other building or erection the property of the council on the Oval.
14. No person shall erect any booth, bar, shed, stall or other structure within the Oval without the permission in writing of the council for such erection first had and obtained.
15. No person other than those who from time to time may hold a permit or certificate granted by the Licensing Court to sell liquor in the bars or other places set apart for such purposes, shall bring liquor into the Oval, or any part thereof, and no person shall consume liquor within the Oval except within or at the bars or such other places as may from time to time be set apart by the council for its consumption.
16. No person shall offer for sale, any food, confectionery, drink (other than liquor) or fruit, or any newspaper, pamphlet, programme, souvenir, dodger, or other publication, or any other article or commodity whatsoever without the permission of the council in writing first had and obtained.
17. Every person renting or having any booth, bar, stall, stand or other structure within the Oval shall in regard thereto be under the order, direction and control of the council or an authorised person and in the case of the sale and supply of liquor subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Licensing Court.
18. (1) No person shall, without the permission of the council or an authorised person, bring any dog into the Oval or being the owner of a dog permit or suffer such dog to be or remain in the Oval.
(2) Any dog found unlawfully in the Oval may be removed therefrom by an authorised
person.
19. (1) No person shall, without the permission of the council or any authorised person, drive or take into the Oval or any part thereof any motor vehicle or horse-drawn vehicle, or bicycle, or any vehicle propelled by hand, or any perambulator, or any horse or other animal.
(2) The owner, driver or person in charge of any motor vehicle, horse-drawn vehicle or vehicle propelled by hand or any bicycle or perambulator, or any horse which has been driven or taken into the Oval without permission of the council, shall, if requested by an authorised person, forthwith remove the same from the Oval.
(3) Vehicles of every description (including bicycles) and their drivers or riders, may be admitted to the Oval upon such days and on such terms and conditions as the council may from time to time determine, and every person driving or controlling any vehicle so admitted shall obey the instructions of the council or any authorised person, and shall pay such charge for admission as may be fixed from time to time.
(4) In the case of vehicles bringing players, passengers or goods to the Oval, and which are
admitted without payment the drivers of such vehicles, unless granted permission to remain, shall
forthwith, after dropping such players, passengers or goods, remove their vehicles outside the Oval.
20. No person shall ride, drive, propel or otherwise take any vehicle of any description (including bicycles) on or along any footway, terrace, mound or paved space between any grandstand and playing area, or upon such playing area, or in any other portion of the Oval not intended to be used for vehicular traffic without the permission of the council or any authorised person first had and obtained.
21. (1) No person shall enter or be upon the playing area during any part of a day upon which an organised sport or game is authorised by the council to be played on the Oval.
(2) Clause (1) of this regulation shall not apply:—
(a) | to officers of the council or to players and umpires actually engaged in such sport or game; or |
(b) | to ambulance attendants, or to trainers of the two clubs engaged in such sport or game; or |
(c) | in the case of a foot race being run during an interval of such sport or game, the runners and race officials; or |
(d) | to any person who enters the playing area through a gate opening on to such playing area, which at the conclusion of play for the day, has been opened for use by spectators attending such match; or |
(e) | any authorised person, member of the police force or special constable in the execution of this duty. |
22. (1) Whenever players are engaged in practice on the Oval no person who is not an employee of the council or a player, or official actually engaged in or supervising such practice shall enter or be upon the playing area.
(2) No person who is within the playing area at any other time whatsoever when requested by an authorised person to leave the said playing area, shall refuse or neglect to promptly comply with such request.
23. (1) No person shall within the Oval:—
(a) | climb, stand or be upon the roof of any building or shed, or upon any wall, barricade, verandah or fence or upon any tree or tree guard; or |
(b) | stand upon any seat; or |
(c) | when requested by an official of the council or by an authorised person not to do so, remain within or upon any gangway, steps, passage way, or aisle, or stand upon in such a position as to interfere with the view of any person occupying a seat in any part of the Oval; or |
(d) | throw, cast, deposit, place or leave the carcass of any dead bird or animal or any offensive matter; or |
(e) | throw any stone or other missile or commit any nuisance or leave any bottles, orange peel, banana skins, paper, cast-off clothing, litter or refuse of any description; or |
(f) | light or maintain any fire; or |
(g) | use any firearm, spring gun or catapult. |
24. (1) No person shall, without permission of the council, enter into or be within any building, room, or enclosure to which admittance is prohibited by placard, or writing affixed thereto.
(2) Whenever admittance to any building, or room or enclosure is restricted to certain persons who are indicated by notice affixed thereto, no person who is not a person indicated by such notice shall, without permission of the council, enter into or be within such building room or enclosure.
25. No person shall:—
(a) | Do or say anything calculated to hinder or interfere with the proper progress of any cricket or football match, or other game or sport, taking place on the Oval, or wilfully obstruct, disturb, interrupt, or annoy any person in the proper use of the Oval; or |
(b) | smoke in any part of the Oval where smoking is prohibited by notice affixed thereto, or displayed thereon; or |
(c) | expectorate on the wall or floor of any stand or building or upon any seat or fixture within such stand or building or upon any seat elsewhere within the Oval; or |
(d) | take up a collection or solicit alms unless authorised so to do by the council or an authorised person; or |
(e) | walk or stand upon any flower bed, or walk or stand upon any lawn or other area whereon is exhibited a notice prohibiting traffic upon such lawn or other area. |
26. No person shall, in the portion of the Oval known as the members’ reserve or reserved area, or in any other portion of the Oval which is not a public place within the meaning of the Police Offences Act, 1953-1978:—
(a) | use any profane, indecent, or obscene language; or |
(b) | use any threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behave in a threatening, abusive, or insulting manner; or |
(c) | be found drunk; or |
(d) | behave in a riotous or indecent manner. |
27. No person shall deliver a public address, or play any musical instrument, or sing or perform any exhibition of the stage in the Oval, or any part thereof, without the consent of the council or an authorised person first had and obtained.
28. No person who has been removed from the Oval pursuant to the power conferred by regulation 30(2) shall return to the Oval at any time of the day on which he is so removed.
29. No person shall play any competitive sport or hold any gathering whatsoever without the consent in writing of the Council.
30. (1) Any person who offends against any of the provisions of these regulations shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable upon conviction to a penalty not exceeding $200.00 recoverable summarily.
(2) Any person guilty of an offence against any of these regulations may be removed from the Oval by a member of the police force or any special constable.