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PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988

The Secretary for Health and Welfare moved the Second Reading of: 'A Bill to amend the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance'.

He Said :

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I move that the Public Health and Municipal Services

(Amendment) Bill 1988 be read the second time.

Under the present provisions of the Public Health and

Municipal Services Ordinance private billiard clubs are not

required to be licensed although many operate as de facto

public billiard saloons. For the protection of the public,

from the law and order, public health, fire and structural

safety points of view, the Government considers that control

should be extended to the majority of these private billiard

clubs.

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The Bill replaces the present definition public

billiard saloon with a new definition billiard

establishment which means any place used for playing

billiards or other similar games. It also exempts genuine

private homes from the requirement to obtain a licence; and

that is.

empowers the Authority, (.e the municipal councils, to make byflaws exempting any class or description of billiard

establishment from licensing.

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