Maintenance of Good Order at Places of Entertainment

L.N. 435 of 2015

CODE OF POLICE LAWS

(CAP. 10)

Maintenance of Good Order at Places of Entertainment

(Amendment) Regulations, 2015

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 183(2) and

203 of the Code of Police Laws, the Minister for Home Affairs and

National Security has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Maintenance of Citation.

Good Order at Places of Entertainment (Amendment) Regulations,

2015, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with

the Maintenance of Good Order at Places of Entertainment S.L. 10.40

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 28th

December, 2015.

Sub-regulation (5) of regulation 6 of the principal Amends

regulation 6 of

regulations shall be substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"(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 one thousand two hundred and fifty

euro (€1,250) for each person under the age of seventeen at the

place of entertainment, and the court shall, at the request of the

prosecution, suspend the relative licence for a period of seven

consecutive days, in addition to any punishment to which he is

liable under regulation 15.".

Regulation 15 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 15 of

substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"15. (1) In the case of offences committed by the

proprietor or his employees against these regulations, the court

shall on conviction award a fine (multa) of not less one

thousand euro (€1,000) but not exceeding two thousand euro

(€2,000) and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction a

fine (multa) of not less than two thousand five hundred (€2,500)

but not exceeding five thousand (€5,000) saving the provisions

of sub-regulation (2).

(2) In the case of a second or subsequent offence against

these regulations, other than an offence against regulation 9, the

court shall at the request of the prosecution suspend the relative

licence for a period of not less than two months but not

exceeding twelve months.".

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