Public Entertainments and Meetings (Arts Entertainment) (Amendment) Rules 2016

No. S 88

Public Entertainments and Meetings Act

(CHAPTER 257)

Public Entertainments and Meetings (Arts
Entertainment) (Amendment) Rules 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 23(1) of the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act, the Minister for Communications and Information makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Arts Entertainment) (Amendment) Rules 2016 and come into operation on 1 March 2016.

Deletion and substitution of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Arts Entertainment) Rules (R 4) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Definition

2. In these Rules, “licence” means a licence issued or renewed, or to be issued or renewed, under the Act by the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer.”.

Amendment of rule 5

3. Rule 5 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the rule heading and substituting the following rule heading:

“Licence fee”.

New rules 5A, 5B and 5C

4. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 5, the following rules:

“Fee for classification of content of arts entertainment

5A.—(1) The fee payable to the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer under section 15B(1)(c) of the Act for the classification of the content of an arts entertainment is $30.

(2) In this rule, “arts entertainment” has the same meaning as in section 15A(4) of the Act.

Manner of payment of fees

5B. The fees prescribed in these Rules must be paid in such manner as the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer may direct.

Waiver of fees

5C.—(1) The Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer may waive the payment of any fee prescribed in these Rules.

(2) A waiver under paragraph (1) may be made —

(a)	in respect of the whole or part of a fee;
(b)	in any particular case or class of cases; and
(c)	subject to such conditions as the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer thinks fit.”.

Amendment of rule 6

5. Rule 6 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately before the words “Licensing Officer”, the words “Arts Entertainment”.

[G.N. Nos. S 177/2006; S 882/2014]

Made on 24 February 2016.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Communications
and Information,
Singapore.

[MCI X01.002.002.V4; AG/LEGIS/SL/257/2015/7 Vol. 1]

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

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