Documents which show breaches and alleged breaches of the Major Events Act 2013
Dear SA Attorney-General's Department,
On 24/11/16 I was refused basic information by your communications unit about breaches of the Major Events Act 2013.
I am seeking any documents held by AGD, generated by SAPOL or AGD which quantify breaches and alleged breaches - excluding personal identities - of the Major Events Act 2013 since it was enacted, and also pass comment on the effectiveness or otherwise of the Act.
My original, rejected, communications unit request was:
"Hello AGD media. I am trying to research an article about ticket scalping based on the Major Events Act 2013, which came into force in December 2013. I understand OCBA is regularly updated on Police statistics about breaches of the Act and am seeking data on the number of alleged breaches detected since the Act came into place. The Act I am seeking information about is defined in the law handbook: "The Major Events Act 2013 (SA) makes it an offence for a person to sell tickets for a declared major event without the permission of the organiser at a price higher than 10% of the face value of the ticket, and imposes significant fines for doing so. However, this is dependent on the declaration that an event is ‘major’, which may not necessarily apply to all events such as concerts or sporting events." Thank you. Miles"
Yours faithfully,
Miles Kemp
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Thank you
Dear AGD:Attorney-General's Department,
Thanks my postal address is 31 Waymouth Street Adelaide SA 5000
GPO Box 339, Adelaide, SA 5001.
Yours sincerely,
Miles Kemp
Dear Mr Kemp
Please find attached:
· A letter acknowledging receipt of your Freedom of Information
Application
· Your Right to Know – How to use Freedom of Information in South
Australia
As mentioned in the acknowledgment letter for the application to proceed I
need the prescribed fee to be paid.
Yours sincerely
Graham
Graham Arriola
Accredited Freedom of Information Officer
Attorney-General's Department
GPO Box 464
Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: +6108 8207 2551
Dear Mr Kemp
Please find attached:
· A letter acknowledging receipt of your Freedom of Information
Application
· Your Right to Know – How to use Freedom of Information in South
Australia
As mentioned in the acknowledgment letter for the application to proceed I
need the prescribed fee to be paid.
Yours sincerely
Graham
Graham Arriola
Accredited Freedom of Information Officer
Attorney-General's Department
GPO Box 464
Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: +6108 8207 2551
Dear Mr Kemp
Please find attached:
o Advice that your Freedom of Information application to Attorney
General’s Department has been closed.
Yours sincerely
Graham Arriola
Graham Arriola
Accredited Freedom of Information Officer
Attorney-General's Department
GPO Box 464
Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: 8207 2551