NSW Premier Morris Iemma has ruled out any last minute change to controversial new powers available to police during World Youth Day in Sydney later this month.
Civil libertarians and the NSW Bar Association have criticised the regulations, which allow police to issue $5,500 fines to anyone deemed to be "causing annoyance" during the events spanning July 15 to 20.
Asked if the regulations would be reviewed, Mr Iemma told reporters on Wednesday: "I have no advice that we are".
"They were brought in following consultation with the church and advice from the World Youth Day authority ... No advice has been put to me on any case to change them."
Mr Iemma was also asked whether he thought the term "annoyance" was too broad.
"No," he said.
Meanwhile, the NSW government says officers assigned to World Youth Day duties won't be "fashion police".
World Youth Day ministerial spokeswoman Kristina Keneally also denies police want protesters to submit their slogans and placard messages for official approval.
She was responding to criticism of the World Youth Day regulations allowing police to issue $5,500 fines to anyone deemed to be "causing annoyance" during the June 15 to 20 event.
Ms Keneally said the new laws would target anyone attempting to halt the "flow" of a World Youth Day event - such as the pilgrims' march.
People standing on the sidelines with placards would not automatically be branded annoying, and they could wear what they liked, she said.
"If we were going to start arresting people for being annoying we would start to have a very severe problem with our jail capacity," Ms Keneally told Fairfax Radio Network on Wednesday.
"What it is designed to mean is things that disrupt the event, and stop the event from happening.
"The police are not the fashion police. They are there to ensure that the event goes ahead safely and with good crowd management and good public order."
Ms Keneally said police had asked the protest groups intending to target the event to provide only the time, the expected protest size, the location and a contact number for the protest organiser.
"That's what they do for any protest in Sydney, in NSW," she said.
"They are not asking to approve the messages on placards for this event, or for any other protest.
"I've spoken directly to the police commissioner as recently as this morning and he assured me that this was not the case."
The government has warned motorists to brace for major traffic problems during the event, which will include a closure of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to allow a pilgrim's march and also a papal visit.
