No. S 886
Public Entertainments and Meetings Act
(CHAPTER 257)
Public Entertainments and Meetings
(Demerit Points) (Amendment) Rules 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15 and 23 of the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Demerit Points) (Amendment) Rules 2014 and shall come into operation on 1 January 2015.
Amendment of rule 2
2.  Rule 2 of the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Demerit Points) Rules (R 2) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the word “issued” in the definition of “licence”, the words “or renewed by the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer”;
(b)by deleting paragraph (a) of the definition of “licence” and substituting the following paragraph:
(a)for the provision of any public entertainment in any place or premises in respect of which a public house licence is granted under section 74(1)(a) of the Customs Act (Cap. 70);”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after the word “place” in paragraph (c) of the definition of “licence”, the words “or premises”;
(d)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “licence”, the following definition:
“ “Licensing Officer” means the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer;”; and
(e)by inserting, immediately after the word “place” in the definition of “fun fair”, the words “or premises”.
Amendment of rule 7
3.  Rule 7 of the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Demerit Points) Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “place” wherever it appears, the words “or premises”.
[G.N. Nos. S 295/2002; S 358/2003; S 399/2003; S 171/2004; S 330/2005; S 348/2011]
Made on 30 December 2014.
LEO YIP
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
[MHA 112/2/091 TF 1; AG/LLRD/SL/257/2010/3 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 23(2) of the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act).