SOUTH AUSTRALIA
HINDMARSH STADIUM REGULATIONS, 1978
REGULATIONS UNDER THE RECREATION GROUNDS (REGULATIONS)
ACT, 1931
Hindmarsh Stadium Regulations, 1978
being
Gaz. 24 August, 1978, p. 623
1. These regulations may be cited as the Hindmarsh Stadium Regulations, 1978.
2. When any soccer football match or other game or sport or other entertainment is to be or is being played or held at the Stadium in respect of which a charge for admission has been fixed or approved by The Federation, no person shall enter the Stadium except by such gates or turnstiles as have been set apart by The Federation for the purpose.
3. No person shall at any time enter or remain in the Stadium without paying such charge for admission as may have been fixed or approved by The Federation or without producing a medal, token, ticket or pass of admission which has been duly issued or approved by The Federation and which medal, token, ticket or pass he is then entitled to use.
4. No person shall at any time enter or remain in any part of the Stadium which shall have been designated by The Federation for any particular purpose or for occupation by any particular class of persons without paying such admission charges as shall have been fixed or approved by The Federation with respect to that part of the Stadium or without producing a medal, token, ticket or pass of admission to that part of the Stadium duly issued or approved by The Federation and which medal, token, ticket or pass he is then entitled to use.
5. No person shall at any time enter or remain in any reserved area or any reserved seat in the Stadium without being in lawful possession of and producing upon demand made by The Federation or any authorised person a medal, token, ticket or pass of admission to such reserved area or seat (as the case may be) duly issued or approved by The Federation.
6. (1) No person shall for the purpose of gaining admission to the Stadium or any part thereof use or attempt to use any medal, token, ticket or pass of admission which is marked "not transferable" and which has not been issued to him by The Federation or by some person authorised by The Federation in that behalf.
(2) Any person contravening provisions of clause (1) of this regulation shall upon demand being 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 Federation or by some person authorised by The Federation in that behalf entitling such person to entry to the Stadium or any part thereof and which said medal, token, ticket or pass is marked "not transferable" shall hand or transfer the same to any other person or shall permit or suffer such medal, token, ticket or pass to be used by any other person.
8. No person who is not a person duly authorised in that behalf by The Federation shall sell or offer for sale any medal, token, ticket or pass of admission to the Stadium and no person shall purchase any such medal, token, ticket or pass from any person not duly authorised as aforesaid.
9. No person shall climb or step or jump on or over any fence, gate, structure, screen, hedge or picket or cut, break, damage or destroy any fence, gate, screen, hedge, pickets, building, structure, grass surface or other property of The Federation in the Stadium or injure or uproot any shrub, plant or tree in the Stadium.
10. No person shall without the prior written authority of The Federation post, stick or place any poster, placard, bill, banner, advertisement, print or paper on any building, structure or fence in the Stadium or distribute any poster, placard, bill, banner, advertisement, print or paper to any person in the Stadium.
11. No person shall paint or write upon, carve into or otherwise deface any wall, fence, gate, seat, building, structure or tree in the Stadium.
12. No person shall erect any booth, bar, shed, store or other structure in the Stadium without the prior permission in writing of The Federation.
13. No person other than those who from time to time hold rights to sell intoxicating liquor in the bars or other places set apart for such purposes shall bring into the Stadium any intoxicating liquor, ice box, can or bottle and no person shall consume intoxicating liquor in the Stadium except within or at the bars or such other places as may from time to time be set apart by The Federation for its consumption.
14. No person shall offer for sale any food, drink, newspaper, pamphlet, programme, souvenir, dodger, publication or other article or commodity whatsoever in the Stadium without the permission of The Federation in writing first had and obtained.
15. Every person renting or having any booth, bar, stall, stand or other structure in the Stadium shall in regard thereto be in all respects under the order, direction and control of The Federation or an authorised person.
16. (1) No person shall without prior permission of The Federation or an authorised person bring any dog into the Stadium or being the owner of a dog permit or suffer such dog to be in or remain in the Stadium.
(2) Any dog found unlawfully in the Stadium may be removed therefrom.
17. No person shall without the permission of The Federation or an authorised person drive or take into the Stadium or any part thereof any motor vehicle, horse drawn vehicle, bicycle, vehicle propelled by hand, perambulator or any horse or other animal.
18. (1) The owner, driver or person in charge of any motor vehicle, horse drawn vehicle, bicycle, vehicle propelled by hand, perambulator or any horse or other animal which has been driven or taken into the Stadium either with or without the permission of The Federation or an authorised person shall if so requested by The Federation or an authorised person forthwith remove the same from the Stadium.
(2) No person shall within the Stadium ride, drive, propel or otherwise take any vehicle of any description or any bicycle on or along any footway, terrace, mound or paved space between any grandstand and the playing arena or upon the playing arena or in any other portion of the Stadium not intended to be used for vehicular traffic without the permission of The Federation or an authorised person first had and obtained.
19. (1) No person shall enter or be upon the playing arena during any part of a day upon which a soccer football match or other game or sport or other entertainment is being or is to be or has been conducted on the playing arena.
(2) Clause (1) of this regulation shall not apply to:—
(a) | Players and referees actually engaged in such match, game or sport. |
(b) | Ambulance attendants or trainers of the clubs actually engaged in such match, game or sport. |
(c) | Any other person authorised by The Federation in writing to enter upon the playing arena. |
(d) | Any member of Police Force attending to his duty. |
(3) No person who has entered or is upon the playing arena at any time whatsoever shall fail to comply forthwith with a request by an authorised person to leave it.
20. No person in the Stadium shall:—
(a) | Climb, stand or be upon the roof of any building, shed or other structure or upon any wall, barricade, verandah, fence, tree or tree guard. |
(b) | Stand upon or in any way misuse or damage any seat. |
(c) | When requested by an authorised person not to do so remain within or upon any gangway, steps, passageway or aisle. |
(d) | Throw, cast, deposit, place or leave any offensive matter. |
(e) | Throw or have in his possession any stone or other missile or behave in any way offensively or throw or leave any bottle, orange peel, banana skin, paper, litter or refuse of any kind. |
(f) | Light or maintain any fire. |
(g) | Use or have in his possession any fire-arm, spring gun or catapult. |
(h) | Set off or have in his possession any fireworks. |
21. (1) No person shall enter into or be within any building, room or enclosure in the Stadium to which admittance is prohibited by The Federation without the prior permission of The Federation.
(2) Whenever admittance to any building, room or enclosure is restricted to certain persons who are indicated by notice affixed to such building, room or enclosure no person who is not a person indicated by such notice shall without permission of The Federation enter into or be within such building, room or enclosure.
22. No person shall:—
(a) | Do or say anything or cause the same to be done to hinder or interfere with the proper progress of any soccer, football match or other game or sport or other entertainment taking place in the Stadium or wilfully obstruct, disturb, interrupt or annoy any person in the proper use and enjoyment of the Stadium. |
(b) | Smoke in any part of the Stadium where smoking is prohibited by notice displayed therein. |
(c) | Expectorate on the wall or floor of any grandstand or other structure or upon any seat or fixture within such stand or other structure or upon any seat or floor elsewhere within the Stadium. |
23. No person shall take up any collection or solicit alms in the Stadium unless previously authorised in writing so to do by The Federation.
24. No person in the Stadium shall:—
(a) | Use any profane, indecent or obscene language; |
(b) | Use any threatening abusive or insulting words or behave in a threatening, abusive or insulting manner; |
(c) | Be found drunk; |
(d) | Behave in a riotous or indecent manner. |
25. No person shall deliver a public address or play any musical instrument or sing or perform in any way whatsoever on the Stadium land without the written consent of The Federation first had and obtained.
26. No person who has been removed from the playing arena or the Stadium pursuant to the power conferred by Regulation 28 shall re-enter the playing arena or (as the case may be) at any time upon the day on which he is so removed.
27. 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 two hundred dollars recoverable summarily.
28. Any member of the police force or any special constable may remove from the playing arena or from the Stadium any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of these regulations or commit any offence against any Act of Parliament.
29. In these regulations unless inconsistent with the context or subject matter the following words or expressions have the respective meanings hereby assigned to them namely:—
"Authorised person" means the general secretary of The Federation, the ground manager of the Stadium, any person holding an authority in writing from the general secretary of The Federation to do the acts or perform the duties set out in such authority and any member of the police force.
"The Federation" means The South Australian Soccer Federation Incorporated a body corporate being an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act, 1956- 1965.
"The Stadium" means that portion of the land comprised in certificate of title register book, volume 1804, folio 107, surrounded and enclosed by the boundary fence which includes the grandstands, terraces, aisles, walkways, merchandising areas, public toilets and the playing arena and is known as "Hindmarsh Stadium".
"the playing arena" means that portion of the Stadium which is enclosed by a fence and is
grassed for the playing of soccer football and other games and sports thereon.