PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES ACT, 1979, No. 64
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ELIZABETH E II REGINA:
Act No. 64, 1979.
An Act relating to public assemblies. [Assented to, 11th May,
1979.]
See also Supreme Court (Public Assemblies) Amendment Act, 1979; District Court (Public
Assemblies) Amendment Act, 1979.
Act No. 64, 1979.
Public Assemblies.
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
1. This Act may be cited as the “Public Assemblies Act, 1979”. Short
2. (1) This section and section 1 shall commence on the date Commence-
of assent to this Act.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (1), this Act shall commence on such day as may be appointed by the Governor in respect thereof and as may be notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.
| 3. | In this Act, except in so far as | the context or subject- interpre |
| matter otherwise indicates or requires— | tation. |
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Police;
“court” means the Supreme Court of New South Wales or the District Court of New South Wales;
“organiser”, in relation to a public assembly in respect of which a notification has been given to the Commissioner as referred to in section 4 ( 1 ) , means the person referred to in section 4 (1) (e) (i) by whom the notification is signed;
“public assembly” means an assembly held in a public place and includes a procession so held;
“public place” means public road, public reserve or other place which the public are entitled to use.
Act No. 64, 1979.
Public Assemblies.
| Authorised | 4. | (1) For the purposes of this Act, a public assembly is an |
| public |
| assemblies. | authorised public assembly if— |
| (a) | notification, in writing, of intention to hold the public assembly, addressed to the Commissioner, has been served on the Commissioner; |
| (b) | where a form of notification has been prescribed, the notification is in or to the eft'ect of the prescribed form; |
(c) the notification contains the following particulars :—
(i) the date on which it is proposed to hold the public assembly;
(ii) where the proposed public assembly is not a procession, a statement specifying the time and place at which it is intended that persons gather to participate in the proposed public assembly;
(iii) where the proposed public assembly is a pro cession, a statement specifying the time at which it is intended that the procession commence and the proposed route of the procession and, if it is intended that the procession should stop at places along that route for the purpose of enabling persons participating in the procession to be addressed or for any other purpose, a statement specifying those places;
(iv) the purpose for which the proposed public assembly is to be held; and
(v) such other particulars as may…