2. Access Cards and Visitor Passes

2. Access Cards and Visitor Passes

2.1. Access Cards

(a) A Market Business Associate may apply to the MMA for an Access Card.

(b) The MMA may, in its absolute discretion, grant an Access Card to a Person who satisfies the following requirements:

i) is at least fifteen years of age;

ii) has undergone the Induction Program;

iii) has the written consent of the Nominee of the Market Business to enter and remain upon Market Land as a Market Business Associate;

iv) has provided the MMA with a completed Access Card Form signed by both the Market Business Associate and the Nominee of the Market Business; and

v) has paid the Access Card Fee.

 

2.2. Visitor Pass

(a) A Visitor of a Market Business may apply to the MMA for a Visitor Pass.

(b) The MMA may, in its absolute discretion, grant a Visitor Pass to a Person that:

i) is at least fifteen years of age;

ii) has undergone the Visitor’s Induction Program;

iii) has the written consent of the Nominee of the Market Business to enter and remain upon Market Land as a Visitor of that Market Business; and 

iv) has provided the MMA with a completed Visitor Access Form signed by both the Visitor and the Nominee of the Market Business; and

v) has paid the Visitor Pass Fee.

 

2.3. Responsibility for Market Business Associates and Visitors

Each Market Business acknowledges and agrees that:

(a) the Market Business is responsible for the acts and omissions of its Market Business Associates and Visitors while on Market Land and must ensure that its Market Business Associates and Visitors comply with these Operating Rules;

(b) the Market Business is liable for the conduct and safety of its Market Business Associates and Visitors;

(c) Visitors on Market Land must remain under the supervision of the Nominee at all times; and

(d) the cost of repairing any damage to any MMA property on the Market Land that results from the act or omission of a Market Business Associate or Visitor will be claimed by the MMA from the relevant Market Business as a debt.

 

2.4. Right to exclude or remove Persons

Each Person acknowledges and agrees that:

(a) the MMA reserves the right to refuse entry to any Person or require any Person to leave Market Land when requested to do so by an Authorised Representative;

(b) a Person who has been charged with a criminal offence related to conduct on Market Land may, at the discretion of the MMA, be denied access to, or be ejected from Market Land or have conditions placed on his or her Access Card or Visitor Pass;

(c) a Person who is or presents, in the opinion of the MMA, as being affected by the consumption of alcohol or drugs may, in the MMA’s absolute discretion, be denied access to, or ejected from, the Market Land while under the influence of alcohol or drugs;

(d) a Person who fails to leave Market Land when requested to do so by an Authorised Representative may have their Access Card or Visitor Pass suspended or cancelled and may be prosecuted; and

(e) a Person who attempts entry or is found to have entered Market Land without a valid Access Card or Visitor Pass may be prosecuted.