South Australia
Public Assemblies Act 1972
An Act to provide for the orderly conduct of assemblies and processions in public places; and to make various provisions incidental thereto.
Contents
1Short title
3Interpretation
4Notice of assembly
5Application to Judge
6Exemption for participants acting in accordance with approved proposals
Legislative history
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Public Assemblies Act 1972.
3—Interpretation
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
approved proposals in relation to an assembly means—
(a)proposals of which notice has been given in accordance with section 4 of this Act and against which no objection has been made under that section; or
(b)proposals approved by a Judge upon the hearing of an application under this Act;
assembly means any assembly, convention, gathering or procession;
council means a municipal or district council and includes any body corporate that is, by virtue of any Act, deemed to be, or vested with the powers of, a municipal or district council;
Judge means a Judge of the Local and District Criminal Court;
public place includes—
(a)a place to which free access is permitted to the public with the express or implied consent of the owner or occupier of that place; and
(b)any road, street, footway, court, alley or thoroughfare to which free access is permitted to the public whether or not the road, street, footway, court, alley or thoroughfare is on private property.
4—Notice of assembly
(1)Where an assembly is to be held in, or to proceed through, any public place, any person who is engaged in the organisation of the assembly, or who proposes to participate in the assembly, may give notice, in accordance with this section, containing the following proposals—
(a)the date of the assembly; and
(b)the time at which the assembly will convene and the time at which it will disband; and
(c)the place in which the assembly will be held, and the boundaries of the area to be occupied by the assembly, or if it is to move in procession, the route that it will follow, the extent to which it will occupy the public places through which it will pass, the places (if any) at which it will halt and the time for which it will remain stationary in each such place.
(2)The notice must also contain the following information:
(a)the name and address of the person by whom the notice is given; and
(b)the name of the person or body of persons by whom the assembly is being, or is to be, organised; and
(c)the purpose of the assembly; and
(d)an estimate of the number of persons who will participate in the assembly.
(3)The proposals and information must be given with as much particularity as is reasonably practicable.
(4)The notice must be served personally or by post, at least four days before the date of the assembly on—
(a)the Chief Secretary; or
(b)the Commissioner of Police; or
(c)the clerk of the council for the area…