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Ord. No. 39/85

REGIONAL COUNCIL

Item

Ordinance

Provision

(b) Delete

(Cap. 109, sub. leg.)

5.

Duitable Commodities

Regulation 2

(Liquor)

Regulations

Territories"

Amendment

"New wherever it appears and substitute the following-

"Regional Council area”.

Delete the definition of "Board" and

substitute the following—

""Board"-

(a) in relation to the Urban Council area, means the Urban Council;

(b) in relation to the Regional Council area, means the Regional Council;".

Delete and substitute the following-

Regulation 4

"Regional Council

Regulation 20

Schedule

(Cap. 117.)

6.

Stamp Duty Ordinance

Section 39

(Cap. 172.)

7.

Places of Public

New

Entertainment

Ordinance

may delegate

powers.

4. The Regional Council may delegate its powers and functions under these regulations to a committee of the Regional Council.".

(a) In paragraph (1) delete "in respect of premises in any part of the Colony other than the New Territories, but including New Kowloon".

(b) Delete paragraph (2). In Forms and 4 delete "(or LICENSING BOARD (New Territories))".

Insert after paragraph (e) the following-

"(ea) all instruments executed by the Regional Council for the purposes of the Regional Council Ordin- ance 1985;".

(39 of 1985.)

"Regional Council premises.

(Cap. 132.)

Add after section 4A the following—

4B. (1) Any place of public entertainment the management and control of which is vested in the Regional Council under the Public Health and Urban Services Ordin- ance may, if the Building Authority and the Director of Fire Services have no objection, be classified by the Regional Council as suitable for the presenta- tion of entertainments of

a particular kind.

Item

Ordinance

REGIONAL COUNCIL

8. Places of Public

Entertainment Regulations

New

Provision

Regulation 2

"Regional Council may specify fees.

Ord. No. 39/85

Amendment

(2) Any premises classified under subsec- tion (1) shall, for the purposes of section 4, be deemed to be licensed for the entertainments so classified.".

Add after section 7A the following-

7B. (1) Where by regulations made under section 7 the Regional Council is empowered to issue any licence, the Regional Council may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify the fees payable in respect of any such licence.

(Cap. 172. sub. leg.)

(2) Until the Re- gional Council shall specify fees payable in respect of any licence under subsection (1), the fees payable therefor shall be as prescribed in regulation 176 of the Places of Public Enter- tainment Regulations.".

(a) Delete the definition of "licensing (Cap. 172,

authority" and substitute the sub.leg.) following definition—

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"licensing authority" means—

(a) the Urban Council

in respect of places of public entertain- ment situated within the Urban Council area; and

(b) the Regional Coun- cil in respect of places of public en- tertainment situated within the Regional Council area;".

(b) Insert after the definition of "licensing authority" the following definition-

(Cap. 366.)

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"Regional Council area" has the meaning assigned to

it in the District Boards Ordinance;".

(c) Delete the full stop at the end of the definition of "new structure" and substitute a semicolon.

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