Cricket World Cup matches at Canberra's Manuka Stadium will be subject to tough new rules after Attorney-General Simon Corbell issued special declarations earlier this month.
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As part of new major event laws introduced in the ACT last year, Mr Corbell triggered anti-scalping provisions, along with advertising free "clean zones" around Manuka Oval and special copyright protections for World Cup marketing symbols and sponsors.
Police will have enhanced powers to remove fans and bar them from re-entry to the venue and to conduct ordinary frisk searches, confiscate items and arrest or detain people who do not follow instructions.
Officers also have the ability to work in coordination with security staff to conduct non-invasive searches and scanning for prohibited items.
The declarations are in place for the Afghanistan v Bangladesh match on February 18, Zimbabwe v West Indies on February 24 and Ireland v South Africa on March 3.
New rules banning the resale or trading World Cup tickets for "substantial gain" or as part of commercial promotions or give aways appear not to have deterred some purchasers.
Tickets to each of the three Canberra matches appeared with mark ups of between 15 and 35 per cent on online trading sites on Friday afternoon, however, some of the websites are blocked for purchases made from Australia.
More than 30 items will be banned at the oval during the Cricket World Cup, including drugs and alcohol, flares, fireworks, megaphones, loud hailers, whistles, horns, flags bigger than 900mm, eggs, paint bombs and metal cans.
Camera tripods and lenses greater than 200mm, commercial digital video equipment and any other recording devices not intended for personal use are also banned as part of the declarations.
The advertising clean zone area will affect businesses and homes around Manuka Circle and streets that are clearly visible from Manuka Oval. The zones will be in place for each 24 hour period of match days.
Any commercial trading or activity inside the zone will have to be approved by the event's organisers and unauthorised advertising or so-called "ambush marketing" will be banned.
Designed to protect the rights of sponsors and event investors, the restrictions were created as part of the requirements for hosting Cricket World Cup fixtures. Similar bans were in place for this month's Asian Cup games which were subject to event declarations from the government.
The tournament has three protected symbols which cannot be reproduced without permission, including photos and drawings of the Cricket World Cup Trophy and the 2015 event logo.
The restrictions follow tight security at Canberra's three Asian Cup venues in January.
Canberra Stadium, McKellar Park and Deakin Stadium were all place under special security arrangements and handed over to the Asian Cup organising committee 10 days before the start of the event.
Mr Corbell said fans attending the matches would see a strong security and police presence inside and around the venue, in recognition of the major events status.
"They attract an international audience and they see a broad range of different nationalities competing," he said.
"That means police do have enhanced powers to make sure people are behaving themselves, there is the capacity to be able to eject people from Manuka Oval. If they are misbehaving they can be removed from the oval and bared from re-entry.
"It also allows police to be able to work in coordination with security personnel, meaning searches of bags can be undertaken properly so people don't bring in prohibited or dangerous items."
Magistrates have the power to issue 12-month ban orders for major events in the ACT, where an individual is believed to pose a risk of disrupting proceedings in any way.
