Is Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 still in force?

Yes — Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 is currently in force.

How many regulations does Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 have?

Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 contains 8 regulations.

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Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017

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Type: Subsidiary Legislation
Status: In force
Enacted: 1958
Sections: 8

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About this subsidiary legislation

Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation PEA-S434-2017 1958, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1958.

Regulation 1

Citation and commencement

These Rules are the Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 and come into operation on 1 August 2017.

Regulation 2

Definitions

Amended byS 142/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 567/2023 wef 31/12/2021S 567/2023 wef 31/12/2021S 142/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 142/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 142/2024 wef 01/03/2024

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —“credit” includes any form of financial accommodation;“current demerit points” means demerit points that have been recorded in the demerit points register and have not been cancelled;“demerit points offence” means an offence under section 28(1)(c) of the Act for contravening a condition of a licence;“fun fair” means an amusement fair which is, or may be, established and operated at a particular place or premises for a continuous period of not more than 31 days, being a place or premises to which the public or any class of the public has access, whether gratuitously or otherwise;“licence” means a licence issued or renewed under the Act authorising —

(a)

the provision of any public entertainment in a particular place or premises in respect of which a Class 1A or Class 1B liquor licence is granted under the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015;

(b)

the provision of any of the following public entertainment at a particular place or premises:

(i)

an amusement centre;

(ii)

a billiard saloon;

(iii)

a computer games centre; or

(c)

the provision of any public entertainment which is any machine or device by the manipulation of which chances are given of obtaining prizes in money or kind, at a particular place or premises except at a fun fair;“licensee” means the holder of a licence;“Licensing Officer” means the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer;“merchant voucher”, means any voucher (including any virtual voucher such as a QR code) that, on the redemption of the voucher and the fulfilment of the conditions specified in the voucher, entitles the holder of the voucher to —

(a)

receive, free of charge, the goods and services specified by the voucher; or

(b)

pay a reduced price for, or receive a rebate upon purchasing, the goods and services specified by the voucher;“money equivalent” has the meaning given by section 14 of the Gambling Control Act 2022, except that a reference to “any gambling” in that section is to be read as a reference to “any public entertainment”;“new licence” means a licence that —

(a)

is issued on or after 1 August 2017 in respect of a particular place or premises and authorising the provision of a specified public entertainment; and

(b)

is not issued in substitution for a licence in respect of the same place or premises and for the same type of public entertainment, and which has expired immediately before its issue;“probation period”, for a licensee holding a new licence, means a period —

(a)

starting from the day on which the licensee is issued the licence; and

(b)

ending 12 consecutive months after the date in paragraph (a);“restricted prize” means a prize that —

(a)

has a value of $100 or more; or

(b)

is or includes money, a money equivalent, the provision of credit, or a merchant voucher;“specified public entertainment” means any type of public entertainment set out in the First Schedule.

Definition

“credit” includes any form of financial accommodation;

Amended byS 142/2024 wef 01/03/2024

Definition

“current demerit points” means demerit points that have been recorded in the demerit points register and have not been cancelled;

Definition

“demerit points offence” means an offence under section 28(1)(c) of the Act for contravening a condition of a licence;

Amended byS 567/2023 wef 31/12/2021

Definition

“fun fair” means an amusement fair which is, or may be, established and operated at a particular place or premises for a continuous period of not more than 31 days, being a place or premises to which the public or any class of the public has access, whether gratuitously or otherwise;

Definition

“licence” means a licence issued or renewed under the Act authorising —

(a)

(b)

the provision of any of the following public entertainment at a particular place or premises:

(i)

an amusement centre;

(ii)

a billiard saloon;

(iii)

a computer games centre; or

(c)

Amended byS 567/2023 wef 31/12/2021

Definition

“licensee” means the holder of a licence;

Definition

“Licensing Officer” means the Public Entertainment Licensing Officer;

Definition

“merchant voucher”, means any voucher (including any virtual voucher such as a QR code) that, on the redemption of the voucher and the fulfilment of the conditions specified in the voucher, entitles the holder of the voucher to —

(a)

receive, free of charge, the goods and services specified by the voucher; or

(b)

pay a reduced price for, or receive a rebate upon purchasing, the goods and services specified by the voucher;

Amended byS 142/2024 wef 01/03/2024

Definition

“money equivalent” has the meaning given by section 14 of the Gambling Control Act 2022, except that a reference to “any gambling” in that section is to be read as a reference to “any public entertainment”;

Amended byS 142/2024 wef 01/03/2024

Definition

“new licence” means a licence that —

(a)

is issued on or after 1 August 2017 in respect of a particular place or premises and authorising the provision of a specified public entertainment; and

(b)

is not issued in substitution for a licence in respect of the same place or premises and for the same type of public entertainment, and which has expired immediately before its issue;

Definition

“probation period”, for a licensee holding a new licence, means a period —

(a)

starting from the day on which the licensee is issued the licence; and

(b)

ending 12 consecutive months after the date in paragraph (a);

Definition

“restricted prize” means a prize that —

(a)

has a value of $100 or more; or

(b)

is or includes money, a money equivalent, the provision of credit, or a merchant voucher;

Amended byS 142/2024 wef 01/03/2024

Definition

“specified public entertainment” means any type of public entertainment set out in the First Schedule.

Regulation 3

Award of demerit points

Amended byS 567/2023 wef 31/12/2021

Subregulation 1

The Licensing Officer must award demerit points in accordance with these Rules against a licensee who provides any specified public entertainment and who —

(a)

is convicted of, or has accepted an offer to compound, a demerit points offence committed or allegedly committed before, on or after 1 August 2017 by the licensee; or

(b)

has consented to have a demerit points offence committed on or after 1 August 2017 taken into consideration by a court for the purposes of sentencing the licensee for the commission of any other offence under the Act or any other written law.

Subregulation 2

The number of demerit points to be awarded against a licensee for a demerit points offence committed or allegedly committed by the licensee is the number set out in the second column in the applicable table in the Second Schedule corresponding to —

(a)

the specified public entertainment provided by the licensee; and

(b)

the licence condition set out in the first column of the table which is contravened or allegedly contravened by the licensee.

Subregulation 3

Every demerit point awarded under this rule against a licensee for a demerit points offence must be entered by the Licensing Officer into a register (called in these Rules the demerit points register).

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 567/2023 wef 31/12/2021

Demerit points awarded under this rule are cancelled only after the demerit points are reckoned for the purposes of cancelling a licence under section 14(4) of the Act on the ground specified in section 14(1)(e) of the Act; and those demerit points in the demerit points register must immediately be cancelled with the cancellation of the licence.

Regulation 4

Varying licence conditions

For the purposes of section 10(3) of the Act, the total number of demerit points awarded against a licensee is the total number of current demerit points, calculated in accordance with rule 6.

Regulation 5

Threshold for suspension or cancellation of licence

Amended byS 567/2023 wef 31/12/2021S 567/2023 wef 31/12/2021

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 567/2023 wef 31/12/2021

For the purposes of section 14(4) of the Act, to suspend a licence on the ground specified in section 14(1)(e) of the Act, the number of demerit points accumulated by a licensee is —

(a)

where the licensee is not the holder of a new licence —

(i)

at least 21 current demerit points, calculated in accordance with rule 6(1); but(ii)not more than 23 current demerit points, calculated in accordance with rule 6(1); or

(b)

where the licensee is the holder of a new licence —

(i)

at least 21 current demerit points, calculated in accordance with rule 6(2)(a) and (b)(ii); but(ii)not more than 23 current demerit points, calculated in accordance with rule 6(2)(a) and (b)(ii).

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 567/2023 wef 31/12/2021

For the purposes of section 14(4) of the Act, to cancel a licence on the ground specified in section 14(1)(e) of the Act, the number of demerit points accumulated by a licensee is —

(a)

where the licensee is not the holder of a new licence, 24 or more current demerit points, calculated in accordance with rule 6(1); or

(b)

where the licensee is the holder of a new licence —

(i)

13 or more current demerit points, calculated in accordance with rule 6(2)(a) and (b)(i); or

(ii)

24 or more current demerit points, calculated in accordance with rule 6(2)(a) and (b)(ii).

Regulation 6

Calculation of demerit points

Subregulation 1

For the purposes of rules 4 and 5, when calculating the number of current demerit points awarded against a licensee in respect of a licence (that is not a new licence) authorising a specified public entertainment to be provided at a particular place or premises, the Licensing Officer must only reckon such demerit points as have been awarded against the licensee —

(a)

in respect of the same place or premises, whether or not in relation to the same licence and whether or not in relation to a different type of public entertainment; and

(b)

for any demerit points offence committed or allegedly committed by the licensee during a period of 24 months preceding the date of the latest demerit points offence committed or allegedly committed by the licensee.

Subregulation 2

For the purposes of rules 4 and 5, when calculating the number of current demerit points awarded against a licensee holding a new licence authorising a specified public entertainment to be provided at a particular place or premises, the Licensing Officer must only reckon such current demerit points as have been awarded against the licensee for any demerit points offence which —

(a)

relates to the new licence; and

(b)

is committed or allegedly committed by the licensee either as follows:

(i)

within the licensee’s probation period;

(ii)

outside of the licensee’s probation period but during the validity of the new licence.

Regulation 7

Revocation

The Public Entertainments and Meetings (Demerit Points) Rules (R 2) are revoked.

Regulation 8

Repealed / deleted

[Deleted by S 567/2023 wef 21/08/2023]

Common questions

What is Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017?: Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation PEA-S434-2017 1958, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1958.
Is Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 still in force?: Yes — Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 is currently in force.
When did Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 take effect?: Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 was first recorded in 1958.
How many regulations does Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 have?: Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 contains 8 regulations.
Where can I read the official version of Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017?: The official text of Public Entertainments (Demerit Points) Rules 2017 is published at sso.agc.gov.sg.