1986 Ed.]
Museums (Regional Council) By-laws
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(e) take or consume any food or drink within a museum otherwise than in any part thereof set apart for such purpose;
(f) bring, or cause to be brought, into a museum any wheeled vehicle or other form of conveyance, or permit any such vehicle or conveyance to remain in a museum, except where such vehicle or conveyance is required for use by a person suffering from a physical disability;
(g) use in a museum any radio apparatus, record, tape or cassette player, musical instrument or other apparatus which emits sound, or any type of wireless equipment or transmitter the operation of which causes or is likely to cause a disturbance within a museum, or otherwise cause a disturbance within a museum; or
(h) use any flash-light or other lighting apparatus within any part of a museum open to the public.
13. (1) No person shall, in a museum-
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[Subsidiary]
Erection of structures and trading.
10 of 1986, s. 32(2).
(a) erect any post, rail, fence, pole, tent, booth, stand, building or other structure, or bring or allow to remain any materials for such a building or structure, or any display material, except with the written permission of a Head of Museum and subject to such conditions as he may impose;
or
(b) sell, or offer or expose for sale, or let to hire, or offer or expose for letting to hire, any refreshment, commodity or article, unless, in pursuance of any agreement with the Council, such person is authorized to sell or let to hire in the museum such refreshment, commodity or article.
(2) Any post, rail, fence, pole, tent, booth, stand, building or other structure or any building materials for such booth, stand, building or other structure, or any display material, which is brought into or remains in a museum without the permission in writing of a Head of Museum or contrary to any conditions imposed by a Head of Museum, may be removed by a Head of Museum and, if unclaimed after a period of 7 days, may be sold and the owner thereof shall be liable for any costs of removal, storage and sale which costs may be recovered from the owner by the Council.
(3) When anything is sold by a Head of Museum under paragraph (2), the proceeds of sale, after deduction therefrom of any costs of removal, storage and sale, shall be payable to the owner and if no claim therefor is made by the owner within 3 months after the date of sale, the sale proceeds, after deduction therefrom of any such costs, shall be forfeited to the Council.
14. No person shall wilfully obstruct any member of the staff in the lawful performance of his duty or wilfully obstruct, disturb, interrupt or annoy any other person in the lawful use of a museum or of any of the facilities provided therein.
Obstruction of staff or other persons.
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