ACT 491
PUBLIC ORDER ACT, 19941(1)
AN ACT to provide for the maintenance of public order
and for related matters and purposes.
Holding of Special Events
(1)
A person who desires to hold a special event
in a public place shall notify the police of that intention not less than five
days before the date of the special event.
(2)
The notification shall be in writing and
signed by or on behalf of the organiser of the special event and shall specify
(a) the place and hour of the special event,
(b) the nature of the special event,
(c) the time of
commencement,
(d) the proposed route and destination, and
(e) the proposed time of closure of the event.
(3)
The notification shall be submitted to a
police officer not below the rank of assistant superintendent or other police
officer responsible for the police station nearest to the location of the
proposed special event.
(4)
Where a police officer notified of a special
event under subsection (1) has reasonable grounds to believe that the special
event if held may lead to violence or endanger public defence, public order,
public safety, public health or the running of essential services or violate
the rights and freedoms of any other persons, the police officer may request
the organiser to postpone the special event to any other date or to relocate
the special event.
(5)
An organiser requested under subsection (4)
to postpone or relocate the holding of a special event shall within forty-eight
hours of the request, notify the police officer in writing of the willingness
to comply.
(6)
Where the organiser refuses to comply with
the request under subsection (4) or fails to notify the police officer in
accordance with subsection (5), the police officer may apply to a Justice or
the chairman of a Regional Tribunal for an order to prohibit the holding of the
special event on the proposed date or at the proposed location.
(7)
The Justice or chairman may make an order
that the Justice or the chairman considers to be reasonably required in the
interest of public defence, public order, public safety, public health,
the running of essential services or to
prevent a violation of the rights and freedoms of any other persons.
