Law and Legal Aspects
- Americans with Disabilities Act - What Exhibition and Event Planners Must Know (5p. PDF) - Section 5.7.5 Americans with Disabilities Act.
- The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) A joint facility of UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law, AustLII provides free internet access to Australasian legal materials.
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992 - A Commonwealth Act relating to discrimination on the ground of disability.
- Disability Rights Home Page - The Australian Human Rights Commission leads the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. This Act makes disability discrimination unlawful and aims to promote equal opportunity and access for people with disabilities.
- Event Starter Guide - Legal Issues - Prepared by the NSW government to assist people from the community to navigate their way through some of the many issues involved in organising an event.
- Harmonised work, health and safety laws (25p. PDF), Work Health and Safety Act 2011, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
- "It's a bit of a minefield", 2007 (44p. PDF) - Findings from the Legal Issues and Resources Survey of NSW Volunteering Organisations. Identifies the legal issues and needs of volunteering organisations, the resources they draw on and suggestions about how to improve access to appropriate legal information and resources.
- Law in Sport and Recreation - Sport and Recreation Management website developed by Leo Isaac, Southbank Institute of Technology, Brisbane.
- Legal Issues - Section of the Event Starter Guide, produced by the NSW Government, Office of Protocol and Special Events.
- Legal Issues - within sport and recreation organisations, from NSW Government, Sport & Recreation.
- Legal Issues and fundraising - from Victoria's Volunteering Portal, an online community and information resource for Victorian volunteers and volunteering organisations.
- Legal Issues and Risk Management, 2000 (55p. PDF) - Australian Sports Commission, Club/Association Management Program module which deals with specific legal principles in the sport and recreation environment.
- Legal issues of event management (Chapter 17) in Festival and Special Event Management, 4th ed. 2008, pp.563-586, Johnny Allen et al, John Wiley & Sons Australia. Available for purchase from ACEM website. Borrow from UTS Library.
- MAJOR EVENTS ACT 2009 NO. 73 - NSW
- MAJOR EVENTS (AERIAL ADVERTISING) ACT 2007 (NO. 13 OF 2007) The main purpose of this Act is to provide for the regulation, management and control of aerial advertising at major events in Victoria.
- Major Events (Aerial Advertising) Act 2009 - Western Australia.
- Major Events (Crowd Management) and Commonwealth Games Arrangements Acts (Crowd Safety Amendment) Act 2005 Act No. 80/2005. The purpose of this Act is to promote the safety and enjoyment of participants and spectators at certain venues and major events in Victoria.
- MAJOR EVENTS REGULATION 2010 - NSW
- Major and Special Events Planning: A Guide for Promoters and Councils, 1997 (124p. PDF) - NSW Department of Local Government, Sydney.
- MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS ACT 2009 - VICTORIA
- Research findings into the level of Occupational Health & Safety legislative compliance amongst a sample group of event management companies (Conference paper) by Anthony Evans in 'Re-eventing' the City/Town: Events as a Catalyst for Change - Proceedings of 4th International Event Research Conference (Melbourne, July 2007), pp.94-104.
- Special events policy guidelines : re special events broadcasting - Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
- Legal Issues and Volunteering - Volunteering England readable guide to legal issues for volunteer managers.
