Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
section, a person who, except with statutory authority —
(a)
knowingly keeps, opens or uses any place or any part thereof for public
entertainment or amusement on any Sunday or on Christmas Day or Good Friday in
any year and to which persons are admitted by payment of money, or by tickets,
programmes, objects or tokens sold for money, or in which, or in respect of
which, a charge is made for seats, or a collection of money is made; or
(b)
being the owner of any place, or the agent of such owner, knowingly hires,
lets or causes or allows to be kept, opened or used that place or any part
thereof for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a),
is guilty of an
offence.
Penalty: On summary conviction, $500.
(2) The Minister
may —
(a) by
notice published in the Government Gazette declare that the provisions of
subsection (1) do not apply to or in relation to specified persons or
classes of persons in respect of the keeping, opening or use of specified
places or classes of places for specified public entertainment or amusement or
classes of public entertainment or amusement on any Sunday; or
(b)
notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), in writing permit a
specified person or persons to keep, open or use a specified place for
specified public entertainment or amusement on any specified Sunday or on
Christmas Day or Good Friday in any specified year,
subject to such
conditions, limitations or restrictions as are specified.
(3) The Minister
may —
(a) by
notice published in the Government Gazette vary or cancel any declaration; or
(b) in
writing vary or cancel any permit,
made or issued under
subsection (2).
(4) In
subsection (2) —
specified means specified in the relevant
declaration or permit, as the case may require.
[Section 3 amended by No. 51 of 1992
s. 16(1); No. 50 of 2003 s. 97(2).]
[ 4. Deleted by No. 70 of 2004 s. 82]