METRICATION AMENDMENTS (PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT REGULATIONS) ORDER

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT REGULATIONS) ORDER

METRICATION AMENDMENTS (PLACES OF PUBLIC

ENTERTAINMENT REGULATIONS) ORDER

(Cap. 214. section 3)

[1 April 1977.]



1. This order may be cited as the Metrication Amendments
(Places of Public Entertainment Regulations) Order.

2. Subject to paragraph 3. the use of non-metric units in documents
submitted under the Places of Public Entertainment Regulations after 31
March 1977 is prohibited.

3. Non-metric units shall continue to be used in documents
submitted under the Places of Public Entertainment Regulations until 1
January 1980 where such documents constitute amendments to. or
otherwise relate to, documents submitted before 1 April 1977 in which
non-metric units have been used. unless such last mentioned
documents are resubmitted incorporating the use of metric units.

4. No document shall be submitted under the Places of Public
Entertainment Regulations containing references to both metric and non-
metric units.

5. Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 2 or 3. but
subject to paragraph 6 the provisions of the Places of Public
Entertainment Regulations specified in the first column of the Schedule
are amended by deleting, wherever it appears. the expression specified
in the second column thereof opposite each such provision and
substituting in each place the expression specified in the third column
thereof opposite each such provision.

6. In respect of any premises which, on 1 April 1977, are
licensed or are the subject of an application to be licensed as a place
of public entertainment under the Places of Public Entertainment
Regulations, or in relation to which, before 1 April 1977, documents
have been submitted under the Places of Public Entertainment
Regulations to the Director of Buildings and Lands, the said
regulations shall continue to apply as if they had not been amended
by paragraph 5.

SCHEDULE [para. 5]

[Amendments incorporated
L.N. 63/77. L.N. 76/82. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents. (Cap. 172, sub. leg.) Circumstances in which non-metric units to be used until 1 January 1980. Prohibition of the use of metric and non-metric units. Amendment of specified regulations. Schedule. Saving. L.N. 76/82.

L.N. 63/77. L.N. 76/82. Citation. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents. (Cap. 172, sub. leg.) Circumstances in which non-metric units to be used until 1 January 1980. Prohibition of the use of metric and non-metric units. Amendment of specified regulations. Schedule. Saving. L.N. 76/82.

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