Places of Public Interest Act 1882 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO QUINTO ET QUADKAGESIMO

$EXTO

No. 260.

An Act to repeal an Act to Liccnsc Places of Public

Amusements, 1881, and make other provisions in

lieu thercof, and for other purposes.

[Assented to, Novem5er r7t4 1882.1

FTEREAS it is expedient to repeal an Act to License Places Preamble.

lieu tllereof-Be it therefore Enacted hy thc Govcrnor of the Province	W of Public Arnuscrnent, 1981, end make other provisions in
of South Australia, by and with thc advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parliament assembled; as follows:

"Proprietor" shall include any owner, lessee, or licensee or his ment of any plncc of public entert.ainmcat. 3. After agcnt, or m y person having tlie superintendencc or manage-

1, This Act may be cited as the Placcs of Public Entertainment short Title.

Act."

2, In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words Interpretation.

"place of public entertainmerit" shall mean any theatre, concert-room, dancing saloon, menagerie, circus, skittle or bowling alley, cxcopt any skittle or bowling allcy used in connection with a licensed public-house, ancl any building or place which the Governor may, by Proclamation in the Govevnment Gazette, declare to he a place of public entertainment within thc meaning of this Act, but shall not includc any suburban or country institute, nor any public building undcr the control of the Govcrnrnent, or of any Municipal Council or District Council, or of an incorporated company or society, nor any building wherein any entertainment is given cx- elusively for a charitable purpose.

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Places of Public 3fitertainment ~ct.--1882.

Places of public

entertainment to be 3. After the passing of this Act no place of public entertain-

licensed.

ment shall be open to the ~ u b l i c unless n licence shall first have been obtained in respect tfiercof, and no licencc shall be granted for any such place of public entertainment unless and until proper means of egress for the public in the case of fire shall have been provided to the satisfaction of the Mayor, or Chairman of District Council, as the case may be, by whom from time to time the licence shall be granted.

Applications for

licences. 4. All applications for licences for places of public entertain-

ment situated within the limits of any Municipality or District Council shall be made to the Mayor of such Municipality or Chair- man of such Council; and every application shall contain a full description of the building intended to be licensed.

Licence fees.

5. Every licence shall be in the form of Schedule A hereto, and

may be granted to the proprietor of any phce of public entertain-

mcnt, being a suitable person, on payment of the following fees :-

For an annual licence, Five Pounds; for a quarterly licence, Two Pounds; for a monthly licence, One Pound; for a liccnce for any number of nights not exceeding six, Five Shillings for each night. Any fees rccciu-cd for any placeof public entertainment within the limits of any Corporation or Council shall form part of the revenue of such Corporation or Council.

Governor may m~kc	6,	Thc Govcrnor may, by regulation in the Government Gazette,
regulations.

determine the hours at which such places of public entertainment shall be open, the a6es at which persons shall be admitted, and generally the manner in which such places of public entertainment shall be conducted.

7. The proprit?tor of every place of public entertainment shall be deemed guilty of an offence against this Act-

I. If be shall permit disorderly persons to assemble, or disorderly

conduct to take place therein:

11. If such place shall be conducted in a disorderly manner, or contrary to any regulation in force relating to places of public ent ertainmcnt:

rrr. If hc shall refuse to admit the police, or to prociuce his licence to any officer of thc police when demanded, or shall obstruct the police in the execution of their duty:

IV. If he shall permit such placc to be open without w licence.

v. If he shall not at all times keep available such proper means of egress for the public, in the case of fire, as required to be provided by section 3.

CBN.'npe"awance5

nay be prohibited,

& The Chief Secretary may, by notice in writing to be served on

the

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- Places o f Public Entertainment Act.-1882.

the proprietor or left at the place of public entertainment, prohibit in any such place the representation of any entertainment or any public performance, or any parts of such cntertainment or perform- ance, that might provoke a breach of the peace, or is in violation of public decency or propriety, or dangerous either to the performer or to any other person; and every person who shall perform or take part in, or permit any such representation or performance so pro- hibited as aforesaid, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds, and the licence for the place of public entertainment wherein such offence shall have been committed may, in the discretion of the Chief Secretary, be absolutely forfeited.

9, Every other offence against this Act shall be punishable by a

fine not exceeding Ten Pounds, to be recovered in a summary way

before a Special Magistrate or two Justices of the Peace, and the licence for the place of public entertainment whcrein such offclice shall hwe been committed may, in the discretion of the Magistrate or Justices, be suspended.

10. Act KO. 230 of 1881 is hereby repealed. Repeal..

11. This Act shall only apply to the City of Adelaide, and to Limitaof Act.

such other Municipalities, districts, and places as the Governor by Proclamation in the Government Gazette, on the petition of the Municipality or District Council, shall from time to time declare.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

L 3'. DRUMMONI) JERVOIS, Governor.

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Places of Public ;Entertainment Act.-1882.

SCHEDULE REFERRED TO.

A

Whcreas

of hath applied for

a licence for [$l2 in name o f btcildiny (if a n y ) and localz'ty, and yz'vefull descr&tionof

buildi~ig] as a place of public cntcrtainmcnt, and is a suitable person t o hold such

licence: Now therefore do hereby licence the said [describe b zdd ing] as a

place or" public cntertainrnent for [$fill in a period, which must not ezlend beyorjd urhe year from the date of licence1 from the date hereof, provided such licence be not

forfeited in the meantime.

Keceived the licence fee of ;E

Given under hand this day of 18

Mayor or Chairman,

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Adelaide : By authority, E. SPILLER, Government Printer, North-torrace.