Queensland Consolidated Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 2005 - SECT 24

24 Throwing things at a sporting event

(1) A person at a sporting event must not throw or propel an object that may—

(a) injure a person; or

(b) damage property; or

(c) disrupt the event.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person actually participating in a sporting event who throws or propels an object the person ordinarily throws or propels as part of the sporting event.

(3) Also, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is a spectator at a sporting event who returns an object ordinarily used in the sporting event to a person actually participating in the sporting event in a way not intended to contravene subsection (1) .

Example for subsection (3)—

returning to a cricket player a cricket ball that has been hit over the fence in a cricket match