Public Entertainments Act 1958 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
3. Appointment of officers
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The Minister charged with the responsibility for public entertainments and the Minister charged with the responsibility for the licensing of arts entertainments may each appoint a Licensing Officer and such number of Assistant Licensing Officers as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.
Licensing Officer
“Licensing Officer” means —(a)in sections 24, 25, 26, 27 and 31 —(i)where a power under any of those sections is exercised in connection with section 16, 17 or 18 — the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer; and(ii)where a power under any of those sections is exercised in connection with any other provision of this Act — the appropriate Licensing Officer; and(b)in any other provision of this Act, the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer or the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer, as the case may be;
An appointment under subsection (1) must be published in the Gazette.
The appropriate Licensing Officer may, in relation to any provision of this Act, appoint a suitably trained individual as an authorised person for the purposes of that provision, subject to such conditions or limitations as set out in this Act or as the Licensing Officer may specify.
appropriate Licensing Officer
“appropriate Licensing Officer” means —(a)in the case of an arts entertainment provided or to be provided, solely or in combination with one or more forms of arts entertainment only, in any place other than a specified establishment — the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer; and(b)in any other case — the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer;
An authorised person who, in the course of duty as an authorised person, exercises any power as such, is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871 when exercising the power.[4