Police will have a tough time enforcing a ban on bikies wearing their colours in Sydney's Kings Cross nightclub district, NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith admits.
The ban comes into force on Friday at 58 pubs, clubs and restaurants, a week after it was announced by the government.
Asked if he thought the regulation could be easily enforced among outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCG) and banned criminal groups, Mr Smith said: "No, I don't."
"They'll put us to the test as they generally do but with strong resolve, I'm sure we'll be able to succeed," he told ABC Radio on Friday.
The ban gives Kings Cross licensees the right to refuse entry to anyone wearing clothing, jewellery or accessories with a link to 23 OMCGs and crime gangs.
This includes brandishing a club's name, colours, patch, insignia or logo, or the '1%' or '1%er' symbol.
It comes after NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell launched a scathing attack on the judiciary, following the case of a Hells Angels bikie who allegedly torched a police paddy wagon being freed on bail.Scott Allen Orrock, 47, was granted bail by Magistrate Julie Huber in Sydney's Central Local Court on Thursday.
Mr Smith said the decision reflected existing bail legislation.
"The courts of course have discretion but it does show the madness of the current bail legislation and the premier's right in saying that needs change and the cabinet will be looking at it," he said.
Orrock is accused of setting fire to the police wagon outside his Newtown tattoo parlour, Skin Deep, after it was parked there by officers concerned about ongoing reprisal attacks between rival bikie gangs, the Hells Angels and the Nomads.
Australian Hotels Association director of regulations John Green said the ban on bikie colours should be limited to Kings Cross."We think this measure is designed to address that issue in the Cross so we don't think there should be a blanket imposition of these restrictions," he told Fairfax Radio on Friday.
"There should be local solutions to local measures."
