Public Entertainments and Meetings (Amendment) Rules 2010

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Sep 2010

No. S 456

Public Entertainments and Meetings Act

(Chapter 257)

Public Entertainments and Meetings (Amendment) Rules 2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 23(1) 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 (Amendment) Rules 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2010.

Deletion and substitution of Second Schedule

2. The Second Schedule to the Public Entertainments and Meetings Rules (R 1) is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“SECOND SCHEDULE

Rule 6

Fees

Part I

Category

Type of public entertainment

Grant or renewal of licence

Establishment licence (per annum)

Ad-hoc licence

Type A*

Type B#

Type C**

1 day

7 days##

Any reproduction or transmission of recorded music or song by any means other than telephony or radio telephony. Any variety act, performance of music, singing or dancing (including dancing by customers), gymnastics or acrobatics in any place to which the public or any class of the public has access, whether gratuitously or otherwise

$720

$960

$1,200

$22

$44

Any reproduction or transmission of recorded music or song by any means other than telephony or radio telephony in any place where dancing by customers is not allowed and to which the public or any class of the public has access, whether gratuitously or otherwise

$260

$350

$440

$22

$44

Any amusement centre, billiard saloon or computer games centre

$360

$480

$600

$22

$44

Two game machines or devices where by the manipulation of which chances are given in obtaining prizes in money or kind in any place to which the public or any class of the public has access, whether gratuitously or otherwise —

(a) for the first 2 game machines or devices; and

$360

$480

$600

$22

$44

(b) for every additional 2 or fewer game machines

$360

$480

$600

$22

$44

Boxing or wrestling contest

—

$22

$44

Any variety act, performance of music, singing or dancing, gymnastics, acrobatics, demonstration or parade (other than ad-hoc performances)

—

$22

$44

Circus or exhibition of animals

—

$22

$44

Any other entertainment (other than arts entertainment)

—

$22

$44.

*A type A licence allows a licensee to operate the public entertainment establishment up to 1 a.m. every Monday to Saturday and 2 a.m. every Sunday and public holiday, subject to the conditions set out by the Licensing Officer in the licence.

#A type B licence allows a licensee to operate the public entertainment establishment up to 3 a.m. every Monday to Saturday and 4 a.m. every Sunday and public holiday, subject to the conditions set out by the Licensing Officer in the licence.

**A type C licence allows a licensee to operate the public entertainment establishment up to 6 a.m. daily, subject to the conditions set out by the Licensing Officer in the licence.

##The licence is valid for any 7 days, consecutively or otherwise, within a period of 3 months.

Part Ii

1. For the transfer of a licence

$44

2. For an amendment to the name or address of a public entertainment establishment in a licence

$22

3. For a replacement licence or a copy thereof

$11.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 294/2002; S 469/2003; S 327/2005; S 353/2006; S 492/2009]

Made this 30th day of July 2010.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[LD/A/132.8 (PELU); AG/LLRD/SL/257/2010/1 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 23(2) of the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act).

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