Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 16 of 2022)

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MUSIC AND DANCING (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 (Act 16 of 2022) AN ACT TO AMEND THE MUSIC AND DANCING (CONTROL) ACT (2019 REVISION) TO CHANGE THE PRESCRIBED CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN RELATION TO DANCING AND THE PLAYING OF MUSIC AT CERTAIN PREMISES ON SPECIFIED DAYS; TO PERMIT DANCING AND THE PLAYING OF MUSIC AT STAND-ALONE RETAIL BARS AND ON SEA-GOING VESSELS ON SUNDAY, SUBJECT TO PRESCRIBED CONDITIONS; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.

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“principal Act”, is amended in section 2 as follows — (a) by repealing the section heading and substituting the following section heading — (Act 16 of 2022) I Assent, Martyn Roper Governor Date: 21st day of December, 2022

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“Interpretation”; and (b) by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical sequence, the following definitions — “ “bar” has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Liquor Licensing Act (2019 Revision);

“Port Authority” means the body corporate established by section 3 of the Port Authority Act (1999 Revision);

“sea-going vessel” means a vessel — (a) approved by the Port Authority as being a suitable vessel for the purposes of section 7(7) of the Liquor Licensing Act (2019 Revision); and (b) in respect of which a retail licence has been issued under section 7(7) of the Liquor Licensing Act (2019 Revision); and “stand-alone retail bar” means a bar which is not located in a hotel or restaurant, and in respect of which a retail licence has been issued under the Liquor Licensing Act (2019 Revision);”.

and dancing

(a) in subsection (2), by repealing paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following paragraphs — “(a) the music being played is of a low background nature and is not capable of being heard outside of the premises in which it is played; and (b) the time during which the music is played is between 9:00 a.m.

and 11:59 p.m.”; and (b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections — “(2A) Notwithstanding subsection 1(c), music may be played or dancing permitted on Sunday at a stand-alone retail bar if the following conditions are observed — (a) the music being played is of a low background nature and is not capable of being heard outside of the premises in which it is played; and (b) the time during which the music is played is between 11:00 a.m.

and 11:59 p.m.

(2B) Notwithstanding subsection 1(c), music may be played or dancing permitted on Sunday on a sea-going vessel if the following conditions are observed —

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(a) the music is not played while the sea-going vessel is at or within half a mile of any land; and (b) the time during which the music is played is between 11:00 a.m.

and 11:59 p.m.”.

section — “Regulations

of this Act.”.

Passed by the Parliament the 14th day of December, 2022.

Hon. Katherine Ebanks-Wilks Speaker Zena Merren-Chin Clerk of the Parliament