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PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT ORDINANCE.

(Chapter (72).

PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT (AMENDMENT)

REGULATIONS, 1963.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Places of Public Entertainmeat Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations—

These regulations may be cited as the Places of Public Enter- Citation. tainment (Amendment) Regulations, 1963.

1. The Places of Public Entertainment Regulations (hereinafter Amendment referred to as the principal regulations) are amended by the deletion of of the

principal the words "building authority", wherever the same occur therein, and regulations. the substitution therefor of the following-

"Building Authority”.

(Vol. X, p. 289).

3. Regulation 1 of Part I of the principal regulations is Amendment amended-

(a) by being renumbered as paragraph (1) thereof; and (b) by the insertion of the following dew paragraphs-

"(2) At any time after application has been made as aforesaid, the licensing authority may, upon being informed by the Building Authority and by the Director of Fire Services that they have no objection, issue a licence for the use of the premises for public entertainment of the character and for such period as may be specified in the licence.

(3) Licences issued under paragraph (2) may be renewed at the discretion of the licensing authority after consultation with the Building Authority and the Director of Fire Services.".

of regulation

1 of Part 1.

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Council ChaMDER,

24th October, 1963.

Explanatory Note.

Clerk of Counejši

(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).

The purpose of these regulations is to amend the reference to the Building Authority throughout the Places of Public Entertainment Regulations to bring it into line with the definition of the same inserted in the Places of Public Enter- tainment Ordinance, Cap. 172, and, secondly, to make specific provision for the issue and renewal of licences for permanent and semi-permanent structures specially designed as theatres and cinemas. Such licences have always been required under these regulations, but the authority to issue and renew them bas hitherto rested on mere implication.

(Secretariat GR73/3231/47)