LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 18



18.(1) Subject to subsection (2), and without prejudice to any other powers
exercisable by them, a [district council] may do, or arrange for the doing of,
or contribute towards the expenses of the doing of, anything necessary or
expedient for any of the following purposes, that is to say

(a)the promotion of the arts in Northern Ireland, whether by contributions to
the Arts Council of Northern Ireland or by other means;

(b)the provision of an entertainment of any nature;

(c)the provision of a theatre, concert hall, or other premises suitable for
the giving of such entertainments;

(d)the maintenance of a band or orchestra;

(e)any purpose incidental to the matters aforesaid, including the provision,
in connection with the giving of any such entertainment, of refreshments or
programmes and the advertising of any such entertainment.

(2) The powers conferred on a [district council] by paragraphs (b) to (e) of
subsection (1) shall not be exercised in relation to any entertainment held in
any place outside the area of that [council], or in relation to a theatre,
concert hall, or other premises situate in any place outside that area, unless

(a)that place is convenient for residents in the area of that [council];

(b)the [district council] for the area within which that place is situate
consent.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this
section, a [district council]

(a)may for the purposes authorised by those provisions enclose or set apart
any part of a park or pleasure ground belonging to the [council] or under
their control not exceeding one acre or one-tenth of the area of the park or
pleasure ground whichever is the greater;

(b)may permit any theatre, concert hall, or other premises provided by them
for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) and any part of a park or
pleasure ground enclosed or set apart as aforesaid, to be used for any such
purpose by any other person, on such terms as to payment or otherwise as the
[council] think fit, and may authorise that other person to make charges for
admission thereto;

(c)may themselves make charges for admission to any entertainment held by them
and for any refreshment or programmes supplied at any such entertainment.

(4) Nothing in this section shall authorise any [district council] to fail to
observe and perform any covenant or condition subject to which a gift or lease
of a public park or pleasure ground has been accepted or made without the
consent of the donor, grantor, lessor or other person entitled in law to the
benefit of the covenant or condition.

(5) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of any enactment by
virtue of which a licence is required for the public performance of a stage
play or the public exhibition of cinematograph films, or for boxing or
wrestling entertainments or for public music, or for the sale of intoxicating
liquor.

Ss.1921 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. S.22 rep. (from 1.5.1981) by SR
1981/96. S.23 rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9. S.24 amends s.110 of 1878
c.52. S.25(1) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/285; subs.(2) adds s.34(3) to 1965 c.13
(NI). S.26 rep. by SLR 1976

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 18