Public Entertainments and Meetings (Amendment) Rules 2005

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 May 2005

No. S 327

Public Entertainments and Meetings Act

(Chapter 257)

Public Entertainments and Meetings (Amendment) Rules 2005

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 2005 and shall come into operation on 27th June 2005.

[G.N. Nos. S 294/2002; S 469/2003]

Amendment of rule 3

2. Rule 3 of the Public Entertainments and Meetings Rules (R 1) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) Subject to paragraph (1A), an application for a licence shall made using the electronic application service provided at https://licences.business.gov.sg/.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraph:

“(4) A licensee may, at any time, apply to the Licensing Officer to amend the name or address of the public entertainment establishment in the licence.”.

Deletion and substitution of rules 4, 5 and 6

3. Rules 4, 5 and 6 of the principal Rules are deleted and the following rules substituted therefor:

“Transfer of licence

4.—(1) A licensee shall not permit his licence to be used by any other person.

(2) A licensee shall not transfer his licence to any other person without the approval of the Licensing Officer.

(3) An application for the transfer of a licence shall be made in such form as the Licensing Officer may determine.

Extension of hours of operation and upgrading of licence

5.—(1) A licensee may not extend the hours of operation of a public entertainment establishment beyond the hours provided for in the licence unless he has —

(a)	obtained the approval of the Licensing Officer; and
(b)	paid the appropriate fee as determined in accordance with the formula in rule 6(2).

(2) A licensee may upgrade a licence from category 2 to category 1 provided that he has —

(a)	obtained the approval of the Licensing Officer; and
(b)	paid the appropriate fee as determined in accordance with the formula in rule 6(2).

(3) Any approval granted to a licensee by the Licensing Officer under paragraph (1) or (2) shall take effect from such date as may be specified by the Licensing Officer and be valid for the remaining period of the licence being held by the licensee.

Fees

6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the fees payable for the purposes of these Rules shall be as specified in the Second Schedule.

(2) Where a licensee applies to the Licensing Officer —

(a)	under rule 5(1)(a) for an approval for the extension of the hours of operation of a public entertainment establishment; or
(b)	under rule 5(2)(a) for an approval for the upgrading of his licence,

the fee payable by him for such extension or upgrading shall be determined in accordance with the formula

(X - Y)

where X

is the fee as specified in the Second Schedule, for —

(a) the type of licence that allows for the hours of operation desired by the licensee; or

(b) a category 1 licence;

is the fee that has already been paid for the licence currently being held by the licensee; and

is the remaining validity period (rounded to the nearest month) that the licence currently being held by the licensee bears to the total validity period of that licence.

(3) The fee payable under paragraph (2) shall be rounded off to the nearest dollar, except that where the fraction of a dollar is 50 cents, it shall be regarded as a dollar.

(4) Where applicable, the fee payable for a category 4 licence shall be pro-rated according to the proportion which the remaining validity period (rounded to the nearest month) that the licence currently being held by the licensee bears to the total validity period of that licence.

(5) Except where the Licensing Officer considers appropriate, no refund shall be made in respect of any fee paid under these Rules.”.

Deletion and substitution of First and Second Schedules

4. The First and Second Schedules to the principal Rules are deleted and the following Schedules substituted therefor:

“FIRST SCHEDULE

Rule 3(1A)

FORM A

PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS AND MEETINGS ACT
(CHAPTER 257)

PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS AND MEETINGS RULES

APPLICATION FOR A PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE

FORM B

SECOND SCHEDULE

Rule 6

Fees

Part I

paragraph PAR. — Part Ii

1. For a transfer of licence

$40

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

$20

3. For a copy or replacement of a licence

$10.”.

Transitional provisions

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any licence granted or renewed under rule 3 of the principal Rules in force immediately before 27th June 2005 and which has not expired on that date shall continue in force and have effect until the date of its expiry or until it is cancelled by the Licensing Officer, whichever is the earlier, as if these Rules have not been enacted.

(2) Rule 3 (in relation to the extension of hours of operation and upgrading of licence) shall not apply to any licence granted or renewed before 27th June 2005 under rule 3 of the principal Rules in force immediately before that date and which has not expired on that date.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the holder of a licence which was granted or renewed before 27th June 2005 and which, on that date, remains in force may apply to the Licensing Officer for the cancellation of that licence and for the grant to him of a new licence in accordance with the principal Rules in force as from that date.

(4) Rule 3 (in relation to fees) shall not apply in relation to any licence granted on or after 27th June 2005 if the application for the licence is made before that date, and the fee specified in rule 5 of the principal Rules in force immediately before that date shall apply in relation to the grant of such licence, as if these Rules have not been enacted.

Made this 26th day of May 2005.

BENNY LIM

Second Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/091; AG/LEG/SL/257/2002/1 Vol. 2]

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

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