THEATRES (PRICES OF ADMISSION) REGULATIONS

THEATRES (PRICES OF ADMISSION)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 10.25

THEATRES (PRICES OF ADMISSION)

REGULATIONS

3rd June, 1960

LEGAL NOTICE 20 of 1960, as amended by Legal Notices: 53 of 1975,

104 of 1977 and 7 of 1980; Act XIII of 1983; and Legal Notices 16 of 1990

and 407 of 2007.

The title of these Regulations is Theatres (Prices of

Admission) Regulations.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires -

"licensee" means, in relation to a theatre, the person who holds

the Police licence;

"performance" includes a theatrical performance or a

cinematographic exhibition;

"price" means the total amount, including the duty payable under

the Value Added Tax Act;

"theatre" means a public theatre or a public cinematograph hall.

The licensee of a theatre shall display, and keep displayed

until the end of any performance referred to in this regulation, in

the entrance to his theatre and in such a position and manner as to

be plainly and distinctly legible, a plan, suitably framed, showing -

(a) the seating accommodation in such theatre and any

arrangement thereof into different classes of seats; and

(b) the price charged for admission to any of the seats or

to different classes of seats in such theatre in respect

of any performance in the theatre for which tickets are

sold or seats are booked.

(1) The licensee of a theatre shall, if so required by a

notice in writing signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of

Police, deliver to the Police Station and within the time specified in

the notice, an accurate copy of any plan which he is required to

display under the provisions of regulation 3.

(2) A notice issued under sub-regulation (1) of this regulation

to the licensee of a theatre may be made so as to apply either to

performances generally or to performances held or to be held on

any particular occasions, and so as to have effect either until the

notice is cancelled or during any period specified therein.

THEATRES (PRICES OF ADMISSION)

The licensee of a theatre shall not charge or attempt to

charge, for admission to any seat in his theatre, a price higher than

that shown in respect of such seat i n th e pl an di sp layed in

accordance with the provisions of regulation 3.

For the purpose of these Regulations the licensee of a

theatre shall be liable for the acts and omissions of his servants or

agents.

Any person who acts in contravention of or fails to comply

with any of the provisions of regulations 3, 4 and 5 shall be guilty

of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine (ammenda)

not exceeding forty-six euros and fifty-nine cents (46.59) for each

offence.