Music Festivals Regulation 2024 (NSW)

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Part 1Preliminary1Name of regulation

This regulation is the Music Festivals Regulation 2024.

2Commencement

This regulation commences on the day on which the Music Festivals Amendment Act 2024 commences.

Part 2Music festival roundtable3Membership of music festival roundtable

The members of the music festival roundtable are—

  • (a)

    13 members chosen by the Minister to represent the Government including, for example, members chosen to represent the following—

    • (i)

      Ambulance Service of NSW,

    • (ii)

      Create NSW,

    • (iii)

      Destination NSW,

    • (iv)

      Fire and Rescue NSW,

    • (v)

      NSW State Emergency Service,

    • (vi)

      NSW Rural Fire Service,

    • (vii)

      Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner,

    • (viii)

      the Secretary,

    • (ix)

      the Cabinet Office,

    • (x)

      the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure,

    • (xi)

      the Ministry of Health,

    • (xii)

      the NSW Police Force,

    • (xiii)

      Transport for NSW, and

  • (b)

    13 industry representatives, being—

    • (i)

      4 members nominated by the Australian Festival Association, and

    • (ii)

      2 members nominated by DanceWize NSW, and

    • (iii)

      1 member nominated by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and

    • (iv)

      1 member nominated by APRA AMCOS, and

    • (v)

      1 member nominated by MusicNSW, and

    • (vi)

      1 member nominated by Live Performance Australia, and

    • (vii)

      1 member nominated by Local Government NSW, and

    • (viii)

      1 member nominated by Unions NSW, and

    • (ix)

      1 member of a private medical provider nominated by NSW Health, and

    • (x)

      1 member who represents regional areas in NSW, nominated by one of the following, as agreed by the co-chairs—

      • (A)

        a person or body that represents regional NSW,

      • (B)

        a person or body that represents the music festival industry, and

  • (c)

    up to 2 additional members nominated by a person or body that represents peer-based harm reduction services if agreed by the co-chairs of the music festival roundtable.

s 3: Am 2024 (509), Sch 1[1].

4Meetings(1)

The music festival roundtable is to meet at least 4 times in each calendar year.

(2)

At least 1 meeting of the music festival roundtable in a year is to be held at a music festival site.

(3)

A member of the music festival roundtable may delegate the member’s attendance at a meeting in accordance with a process agreed by the co-chairs of the music festival roundtable.

5Reporting(1)

The music festival roundtable must, within 4 months after 30 June in each year—

  • (a)

    prepare a report on the activities of the roundtable during the year that ended on that 30 June, and

  • (b)

    give the report to the Minister.

(2)

The Minister must ensure a copy of the report is—

  • (a)

    published on an appropriate government website, and

  • (b)

    tabled in each House of Parliament within 1 month after receiving the report.

Part 3Time periods

pt 3: Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

6Day by which direction to provide health and medical plan is to be given—the Act, s 5

For the Act, section 5(4)(a), the day is the day that is 7 days after a determination is made under the Act, section 5(1) that the music festival requires an agreed health and medical plan.

s 6: Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

7Time period for lodging appeal notice—the Act, s 5A

For the Act, section 5A(3), the day is the day that is 14 days after the direction is given under the Act, section 5(3) that a health and medical plan must be prepared and provided for the music festival.

s 7: Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

8Day by which health and medical plan must be provided for agreement—the Act, section 6(2)

For the Act, section 6(2)(a), the prescribed day is the day that is 60 days before the music festival is proposed to start.

s 8: Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

9Decision about agreeing to health and medical plan—the Act, s 6(5)

For the Act, section 6(5)(a), the prescribed day is the day that is 14 days before the music festival is proposed to start.

s 9: Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

10Day by which Commissioner of Police may propose conditions to be applied to music festival for which agreed health and medical plan required—the Act, s 6A

For the Act, section 6A(2), the prescribed day is the day that is 30 days after the day on which the Secretary gave the Commissioner a copy of the notice under section 10AA(2)(b) for the music festival.

s 10: Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

11Day by which law enforcement and safety schedule must be submitted—the Act, s 6A(3)

For the Act, section 6A(3)(a)(ii)(A), the prescribed day is the day that is 60 days before the music festival is proposed to start.

s 11: Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

12Day by which Secretary must approve law enforcement and safety schedule—the Act, s 6A(5)

For the Act, section 6A(5)(c)(i), the prescribed day is the day that is 14 days before the music festival is proposed to start.

s 12: Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

13Day by which Secretary must be notified of proposed music festival—the Act, s 10AA

For the Act, section 10AA(1), the prescribed day is the day that is 120 days before the proposed music festival is proposed to start.

s 13: Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

14Reckoning of time

Despite the Interpretation Act 1987, section 36, if a provision of this part expresses a period of time from a day, act or event, the period commences—

  • (a)

    from the beginning of the day, or

  • (b)

    the beginning of the day on which the act or event begins.

s 14: Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Part 4Miscellaneous

pt 4: Ins 2024 (558), Sch 1.

15Delegation—the Act, s 20

For the Act, section 20(1)(b), the Health Secretary may delegate the exercise of a function of the Health Secretary under the Act to the following authorised persons—

  • (a)

    members of staff of the Ministry of Health,

  • (b)

    members of staff of the NSW Health Service.

s 15: Ins 2024 (558), Sch 1. Am 2025 (145), Sch 1.

Historical notesTable of amending instruments

Music Festivals Regulation 2024 (507). Enacted as the Music Festivals Amendment Act 2024 No 61, Sch 2. Date of commencement, 27.9.2024, sec 2. This Regulation has been amended as follows—

2024

(509)

Music Festivals Amendment Regulation 2024. LW 30.9.2024.

The regulation (statutory rule) specified the date of assent to the Music Festivals Amendment Act 2024 as the date of commencement. Under the Interpretation Act 1987, section 39(2A), the regulation is not invalid merely because the regulation was published on the NSW legislation website after the day on which one or more of its provisions is or are expressed to commence but provides, in that case, for that or those provisions to commence on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website, instead of on the earlier day.

(558)

Music Festivals Amendment (Delegation) Regulation 2024. LW 6.11.2024.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2.

2025

(145)

Music Festivals Amendment (Delegation) Regulation 2025. LW 4.4.2025.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2.

Table of amendments

Sec 3

Am 2024 (509), Sch 1[1].

Part 3

Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Sec 6

Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Sec 7

Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Sec 8

Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Sec 9

Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Sec 10

Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Sec 11

Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Sec 12

Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Sec 13

Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Sec 14

Ins 2024 (509), Sch 1[2].

Part 4

Ins 2024 (558), Sch 1.

Sec 15

Ins 2024 (558), Sch 1. Am 2025 (145), Sch 1.

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