CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 30 Failing to provide for safety of children at entertainments.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 30

Failing to provide for safety of children at entertainments.

30.(1) Where there is provided in any premises an entertainment for children,
or an entertainment at which the majority of the persons attending are
children, then, if the number of children attending the entertainment exceeds
one hundred, it shall be the duty of the person providing the entertainment to
station and keep stationed wherever necessary a sufficient number of adult
attendants, properly instructed as to their duties, to prevent more children
or other persons being admitted to the premises, or to any part thereof, than
the premises or part can properly accommodate, and to control the movement of
the children and other persons admitted while entering and leaving the
premises or any part thereof, and to take all other reasonable precautions for
the safety of the children.

(2) Where the occupier of any premises permits, for hire or reward, the
premises to be used for the purpose of an entertainment, he shall take all
reasonable steps to secure the observance of the provisions of this section.

(3) If any person on whom any obligation is imposed by this section fails to
fulfil that obligation, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and also, if
the premises in which the entertainment is given are licensed under the
Cinematograph Act 1909 or under any of the enactments relating to the
licensing of theatres or other premises used for public entertainment, the
licence shall be liable to be revoked by the authority by whom the licence was
granted or by any authority having jurisdiction in relation to any application
for the transfer or renewal of the licence.

(4) A constable may enter any premises in which he has reason to believe that
such an entertainment as aforesaid is being, or is about to be, provided, with
a view to seeing whether the provisions of this section are or are about to be
carried into effect, and an officer authorised for the purpose by an authority
by whom licences are granted under any of the enactments referred to in
subsection (3) shall have the like power of entering any premises so licensed
by that authority; and if any person wilfully obstructs any constable or
officer in the due exercise of any powers conferred on him by or under this
subsection he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

(5) A person (other than a constable in uniform) exercising any power of entry
conferred by this section shall, if so required, produce his credentials.

(6) This section shall not apply to any entertainment given in a private
dwelling-house.

Powers of arrest.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 30