The Places of Public Entertainment Amendment Act 1904 (SA)

ANNO QUARTO

EDWARDI V11 REGIS.

A.D. 1904.

No. 855.

An Act to amend the " Places of Public Entertainment

Act."

[Assen ted to, Novem bey zg th, 1904.1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,

follows: B with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

1, This Act may be cited as '' The Places of Public Entertainment short title and in-

Amendment Act, 1904," and shall be incorporated and read as one "vodion.

with the Places of Public Entertainment Act."

2, Section 3 of the " Places of Public Entertainment Act " is Repeal.

hereby repealed.

3, After the passing of this Act no place of publicwentertainrnent Places tobexoenat~

shall be open to the public unless a licence shall first have been

obtained in respect thereof, and no licence shall he granted for any	1
place of public entertainment unless and until the Mayor of the Municipality or Chairman of the District Council, as the case may be, to whom application for a licence shall be made, shall be satisfied that the applicant has made in respect of such place - 'of public enter- tainment reasonable provision-

(a) Against risk from fire;

( b ) To extinguieh fires; and

( c ) For safe and sufficient means of egress for the public in case

of fire:

866 Provided

4' EDWARDI VII, No. 855.

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Provided, as regards any place of public entertainment heretofore licensed, the Mayor or Chairman, as the case may be, shall give to the applicant for a licence reasonable time to comply with any requisition made in respect of (a ), (b), or (c), and in the meantime the Mayor or Chairman, a s the case may be, shall ,grant a licence for such period as may be necesszry t o comply with such requisition.

Inspector. 4, The Chief Secretary shall appoint an inspector, and shall

assign to such inspector any duty consistent with this Act, includ- ing the inspection of buildings the property of the Government and used for purposes of public entertainment; and the proprietor

shall at all reasonable times permit the inspector to enter, inspect,

and examine any building.

Appliclttione for 5,

Every application for an annual licence made under section 4 of clerk of the Municipality or District in which the place sought to be licensed is situated, and shall not be dealt with until one meeting at least of the Council of such Municipality or District, as the case may be, shall have been held after the lodging of such application; and a licence shall not be granted if a motion adverse to such application shall be carried by such Council.

ann"1icenCe8~ dealt with. how the Places of Public Entertainment Act," shall be lodged with the

avernmentproperty. 6, All public buildings the property of the Government, and

used for the purposes of public entertainment, shall be under the control of the Chief Secretary, who shall, in respect of such places of public entertainment, make reasonable provision as provided in subsections (a), ( b ), and (c) of section 3 hereof.

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

this Bill.

GEORGE R. LE HUNTE, Governor.

Adelaide : By authority, C. E. BBI~TOW, Government Printer, N d h Terrucer