AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

THEATRES AND PUBLIC HALLS ORDINANCE 1964

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 6 of 1964

	The Theatres and Public Halls Ordinance 1964 amends the Theatres and Public Halls Ordinance 1928‑1946 in relation to the application of section 27 – restrictions on the holding of a public entertainment or public meeting on a Sunday, Christmas Day or Good Friday.

	Sub-section (2) of section 27 is omitted by the amending Ordinance and a new sub-section has been inserted in its stead.  Paragraph (a) of the new sub-section will permit the holding of a public entertainment consisting of a film screening that commences to be held after eight o’clock in the evening on a Sunday.  Paragraph (b) of the new sub-section extends the current provision concerning the holding of public entertainments or public meetings on the days restricted by sub-section (I) of section 27.  A public entertainment or a public meeting that is held for a charitable purpose or is of a religious, educational, cultural or sporting nature may be held with the prior approval of the Minister.

	The provisions contained in the amending Ordinance will come into effect on the date the making of the Ordinance is notified in the Gazette.

J. D. ANTHONY