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Event Management

Notes Clearly defining the reason for holding the event is critical to enable you to progress further and
define your aims, objectives and the research that you need to carry out.

3.7 Legal Compliance

Legal compliance is one of the important events monitoring purpose. Current law and regulation
control their assess. Management staff and auditors have to consider event data contained within
log as the primary source through which to gain information and determine level of compliance
and identify deficiencies if any, and search suitable action for the same.
With Legislative venue compliance becoming focal, especially within the event management
industry. When looking at stadiums or large venues and events, then one can see how complex
the infrastructure is, or how having no infrastructure also can compound issues, with any large
area that can, or could be utilized for public events, somehow, whether they are formal or
informal areas - they all still need to comply with certain aspects of legislation.
The owner that is in the business of renting out or leasing his whole or partial facility, should
always be up to date with current legislation. Certification is a worldwide requirement when it
comes to compliance with legislation covering aspects ranging from electricity, health, and
building regulations for instance to fire codes, need to be checked beforehand. As they all have
limitations, conditions, and expiray dates. All of which becomes relevant at the point where we
have a full stadium. Do we then comply legally?
Laws and regulations apply to many aspects related to the running of an event. Successful
compliance with laws and regulations requires an analysis of regulations with regard to a
specific event to develop event procedures and related support documents.

3.7.1 Identifying Compliance Requirements

For any event to proceed, organizers need to meet a range of general and specific event regulations
that include:
Responsible service of alcohol

Food safety
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
Environmental regulations including noise and waste
Security and crowd control

Fireworks
Ticketing
Entertainment
Use of temporary structures.
As special events have become more common place in lifestyle, government at all levels has
created and is still enacting legislation to ensure compliance and thereby protect the stakeholders
in the whole fabric of the events industry.

The point worth noting is that each state has its own requirements, so it is essential to check that
all requirements have been identified for the desired event.

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