Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) A sports event organiser of a sports event that is not the subject of a sports ticketing event declaration may give the Minister a ticket scheme proposal for the event regardless of when the event is to be held.
(2) If the Minister considers it appropriate to do so, the Minister may both—
(a) make a sports ticketing event declaration; and
(b) approve the ticket scheme for the event set out in the ticket scheme proposal with or without modifications.
(3) The Minister must notify the sports event organiser of his or her decision under subsection (2).
(4) If the Minister makes a sports ticketing event declaration and approves the ticket scheme—
(a) the sports ticketing event declaration must comply with section 152(4) ; and
(b) the Minister must ensure that a copy of the sports ticketing event declaration is published in the Government Gazette; and
(c) the sports ticketing event declaration is taken to have been made under section 152 but the decision to make the declaration is not, despite section 168(1)(a), subject to review by VCAT; and
(d) the ticket scheme for the sports ticketing event is taken to have been approved by the Minister under section 157.
(5) If the Minister decides not to make a sports ticketing event declaration and not to approve the ticket scheme—
(a) the Minister must notify the sports event organiser accordingly but is not required to give reasons for the decision; and
(b) despite section 168(1)(b), the Minister's decision is not subject to review by VCAT.
(6) The Minister must notify the sports event organiser in accordance with subsection (3) or (5) within 28 days after receiving the ticket scheme proposal.