1973-HKRS28-16-21_Part02 — Page 39

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Amendment

(2) Any premises classified under subsection (1) shall, for the purposes of section 4, be deemed to be licensed for the entertainments so classified,”. Section 7(1) is amended-

(a) by inserting at the beginning of para-

graph (a) the following-

"The kinds of entertainments for which places of public calertain- ment may be licensed,”;

(b) by deleting paragraph (c).

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The following section is added after section 7-

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74. (1) Where by regula

tions made under section 7 the Urban Council is empowered to issue any licence, the Urban Council may, by notice pub lished in the Cazerre, specify the fees payable in respect of any such licence.

(2) Until the Urban Council shall specify fees pay- able in respect of any licence under subsection (1), the fees payable therefor shall be a prescribed in regulation. 176 of the Places of Public Entertain- ment Regulations,”.

Regulation 2 is amended by deleting the definition of "licensing authority" and substituting the following

"licensing authority" mcans

Urban Council in places of public entertainment situated within the urban areas and the Director of Urban Services in respect of places of public entertainment situated outside the urban areas;">

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2.

Regulation 169 is amended by insert- ing after "The licensing authority," where it first appears, the following-

“and any public officer authorized by the licensing authority.".

3. Regulation 173 is amended by deleting "Assistant Superintendent" and substituting the following

"Superintendent",

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4.

Amendment

Regulation 174 is revoked and replaced by the following-

"Special nowe polies,

5.

174. (1) When it appears to any police officer nat under the rank of Superintendent, that by reason of any breach of these regulations or for any other reason whatsoever, it is necessary for the safety cr preservation of any person or any property, or the avoidance of any casually, or the preven tion or discontinuance of any disorder, or the prevention DI discontinuance of any public entertainment offensive to good manners or decorum or calcu- lated to corrupt public morals so to do, it shall be lawful for bin and for any police officer specially authorized by the Commissioner of Police in that behalf to order, in person, that any place of public entertain- meat be temporarily closed or vacated, and upon such order every member of any audience, and every other person who- soever, shall forthwith comply with such order in an ordery manner.

(2) Any police officer not under the rank of Superia- tendent or authorized by the Commissioner of Palice, may take, in person or under his personal superintendence, such steps with a vicw to removal or mitigation of the

of danger or offence, or with a view to the protection of any person or any property, or avoidance of any casualty, 23 may be considered expedient No claim whatsoever shall be made against the licensing authority or any police officer or against any person assisting the police and under police direction in respect of any met done under this regulation.".

Form in the Schedule is amended by deleting, in each place where it appears, the

(40. 172.

3. Places of Public

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Abb. Kr.)

Entertainment Regulations.