Maintenance of Good Order at Places of Entertainment

L.N. 93 of 2008

CODE OF POLICE LAWS

(CAP. 10)

Maintenance of Good Order at Places of Entertainment

(Amendment) Regulations, 2008

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 183 of the Code of

Police Laws, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Justice and

Home Affairs has made the following regulations>-

The title of these regulations is the Maintenance Of Good Order Citation.

at Places of Entertainment (Amendment) Regulations, 2008, and they

shall be read and construed as one with the Maintenance of Good Order

at Places of Entertainment Regulations, 1995 hereinafter referred to as L.N. 124 of 1995.

“the principal regulations”.

Regulation 6 of the principal regulations shall be amended as Amends regulation

6 of the principal

follows>-

regulations.

(a) sub-regulations (2) to (4) thereof shall be renumbered

as sub-regulations (3) to (5) respectively<

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (1) thereof, there shall

be added the following new sub-regulation>-

“(2) Persons under the age of sixteen shall be allowed

inside a place of entertainment if the proprietor applies for

permission to allow persons under the age of sixteen to be

permitted inside his place of entertainment and is granted such

permission. Such permission shall be subject to the condition

that wines, beers or spirituous liqueurs are not to be displayed,

served, sold or consumed on such premises.”< conditions may

also be attached to such permission regarding date, time and

place as may be appropriate.

(c) for sub-regulation (3) as renumbered thereof, there shall

be substituted the following>-

“(3) The proprietor shall be responsible to ensure that,

when persons under the age of sixteen are allowed in his place

of entertainment, no wines, beers or spirituous liquors are

displayed, served or consumed on the premises.”< and

(d) for sub-regulation (5) as renumbered thereof, there shall

be substituted the following>-

“(5) Any proprietor who is found in breach of this

regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) of two hundred thirty

three euros for every person under sixteen years of age found

inside his place of entertainment, in addition to any

punishment to which he is liable under regulation 15 of these

regulations.”

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