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A BILL TO AMEND THE MUSIC AND DANCING (CONTROL) LAW (2012 REVISION) TO BROADEN THE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LAW, TO GIVE THE BOARD DISCRETION TO PERMIT MUSIC AND DANCING ON SUNDAY WHERE NEW YEAR\u2019S EVE FALLS ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY; TO PERMIT THE BOARD TO WAIVE FEES FOR CERTAIN OCCASIONAL LICENCES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW BY TRADE OFFICERS, THE POLICE AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INVESTMENT; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED MATTERS The Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018 THE MUSIC AND DANCING (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018 MEMORANDUM OF OBJECTS AND REASONS The Bill seeks to modernize the Music and Dancing (Control) Law.  It would exempt from control under the Law public performances of music and dance given at certain venues if given primarily for artistic, cultural or religious purposes and permit music and dancing at the airport or in port areas on Sunday in order to welcome tourists to the Islands.  The Bill also gives the Board the power to permit music and dancing on a Sunday where New Year\u2019s Eve falls on a Saturday or Sunday and the power to waive the fees for occasional licences granted for an event that is part of a national festival of the Islands.  Finally, the Bill gives powers to administer and enforce the Law to trade officers, the Director of the Department of Commerce and Industry and the police. Clause 1 provides for the short title of the legislation. Clause 2 amends references in the Law to the Liquor Licensing Law to update the citation of that Law. Clause 3 amends the definition of \u201cexempted premises\u201d and deletes the definition of \u201cpermitted days\u201d, moving the substance of these definitions into sections 2A and 3(1) of the Law, respectively.  The clause also amends the definition of \u201cpermitted hours\u201d and adds definitions for \u201coccasional licence\u201d, \u201ctemporary licence\u201d and \u201ctrade officer\u201d. Clause 4 inserts a new section into the Law which lists the premises which are exempt from the control of music and dancing.  The clause expands the existing exemptions to include community centres, theatres, churches, schools, parks and public squares where public performances of music and dance are given primarily for artistic, cultural or religious purposes. Clause 5 amends section 3 to prohibit music and dancing on Good Friday, Christmas Day and Sunday except where the music or dancing is in a hotel or restaurant, at the airport or in port areas, is played between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11:45 p.m. and is not in excess of prescribed noise levels.  The clause also authorizes the Board to permit music and dancing on a Sunday where New Year\u2019s Eve falls on a Saturday or Sunday. Clause 6 amends section 9 in consequence of the deletion of the definition of \u201cpermitted days\u201d and the amendment to the definition of \u201cpermitted hours\u201d by clause 3. The Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018 Clause 7 amends section 11 in consequence of the insertion of new section 11A into the Law by clause 8. Clause 8 inserts new sections 11A and 11B into the Law providing for the enforcement of the Law by trade officers, the Commissioner of Police and the Director of the Department of Commerce and Investment.  The clause gives these officers, the Commissioner and the Director the same powers, privileges and immunities as they have under the Liquor Licensing Law (2016 Revision). Clause 8 also adds new section 11C to the Law, which makes it an offence to obstruct a trade officer, the Commissioner or the Director. Clause 9 amends section 12 to permit the Board to waive fees for an occasional licence for music or dancing that takes place as part of a national festival of the Islands. Clause 10 amends section 14 to give the regulation-making power to Cabinet (rather than the Governor in Cabinet), in line with the 2009 Constitution.  The clause also gives Cabinet the power to prescribe noise levels and methods and machines for measuring noise. 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This Law may be cited as the Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Law, 2018. 2. The Music and Dancing (Control) Law (2012 Revision), in this Law referred to as \u201cthe principal Law\u201d, is amended - (a) by substituting for the words \u201c(2000)\u201d the words \u201c(2016 Revision)\u201d; and (b) by substituting for the words \u201c(2000 Revision)\u201d wherever they appear the words \u201c(2016 Revision)\u201d. 3. Section 2 of the principal Law is amended - (a) by deleting the definition of \u201cexempted premises\u201d and substituting the following definition - Short title General amendment of the Music and Dancing (Control) Law (2012 Revision) Amendment of section 2 - definitions The Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018 \u201c \u201cexempted premises\u201d means premises to which the Law does not apply by virtue of section 2A\u201d; (b) by inserting the appropriate alphabetical sequence the following definitions - \u201c \u201coccasional licence\u201d means a licence of a category established by section 4(b); \u201ctemporary licence\u201d means a licence of a category established  by section 4(c); and \u201ctrade officer\u201d means a public officer in the Department of Commerce and Investment appointed as such and assigned by the Chief Officer, or the Chief Officer\u2019s designate, to perform the duties of trade officer under this Law.\u201d; (c) by deleting the definition of \u201cpermitted days\u201d; and (d) in the definition of \u201cpermitted hours\u201d - (i) by deleting the words \u201cof permitted days\u201d; (ii) by inserting after the word \u201cpublic\u201d the words \u201cand includes the hours covered by permission given under section 3(3) or an extension of permitted hours under section 9(2); and (iii) by deleting the word \u201cand\u201d following the semi-colon at the end of the definition\u201d. 4. The principal Law is amended by inserting after section 2 the following section - \u201cApplication Law 9 of 2015 2A.  This Law does not apply to the following premises - (a) premises licensed for public film exhibition under the Film Exhibition Control Law, 2015; (b) areas in hotels with respect to which no charge is made for admission; and (c) town halls, community centres, theatres, churches, schools, parks, public squares and other venues where members of the general public gather for performances of music, dance or drama presented primarily for artistic, cultural or religious purposes, rather than for profit.\u201d. 5. The principal Law is amended in section 3 - (a) in subsection (1), by deleting all the words after the word \u201cmusic\u201d and substituting a dash and the following words - \u201c(a) on premises that are not licensed in that behalf; Insertion of section 2A - application Amendment of section 3 - certain premises require to be licensed for music and dancing The Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018 (b) during hours that are not permitted hours; or (c) on Good Friday, Christmas Day or Sunday.\u201d; (b) in subsection (2) - (i) by deleting the words \u201csubsection (1)(b) music may be played\u201d and substituting the words \u201csubsection (1)(c), music may be played or dancing permitted\u201d; (ii) by inserting after the word \u201cDay\u201d the words \u201cat the airport or \u201cport areas\u201d, as defined in the Port Authority Law (1999 Revision), in order to welcome arriving passengers, or\u201d; (iii) by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph - \u201c(a) the music is not played in excess of the prescribed noise levels; and\u201d; (iv) by deleting the words \u201c; and\u201d at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting a full stop; and (v) by deleting paragraph (c); and (c) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection - \u201c(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(c), a Board may, where satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, permit dancing or the playing of music in licensed premises on a Sunday where New Year\u2019s Eve falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, during such hours and subject to such conditions as the Board may in each particular case determine, and the hours covered by such permission are deemed to be permitted hours for the purposes of this Law\u201d. 6. The principal Law is amended in section 9 - (a) in subsection (1) by deleting the words \u201cof permitted days\u201d; and (b) by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection - \u201c(3) The hours covered by an extension given under subsection (2) are deemed to be permitted hours for the purposes of this Law.\u201d. 7. The principal Law is amended in section 11 by deleting the word \u201cconstables\u201d and substituting the words \u201ctrade officers\u201d. (1999 Revision) Amendment of section 9 - extensions of permitted hours Amendment of section 11 - licensed premises to be open for inspection The Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018 8. The principal Law is amended by inserting after section 11 the following section - \u201cDuties and powers of trade officers (2016 Revision) Powers and duties of the Commissioner and Director (2016 Revision) Obstruction of a trade officer, the Director or the Commissioner 11A. (1)  Trade officers have the duty to enforce this Law and to assist the Board and have the authority to carry out such instructions as may be given by the Board or the Director of the Department of Commerce and Investment or the Director\u2019s delegate, in accordance with this Law. (2)  A trade officer has all powers, privileges, rights and immunities of a constable when carrying out the trade officer\u2019s duties under this Law, including the powers to enter and search premises set out in section 33 of the Liquor Licensing Law (2016 Revision). 11B. The Director of the Department of Commerce and Investment and the Commissioner of Police (and every person acting under the Commissioner\u2019s authority) shall assist the Board in administering this Law and shall have all powers, privileges, rights and immunities in respect of licensed premises under this Law as they have in respect of licensed premises under the Liquor Licensing Law (2016 Revision), including the powers set out in section 33 of that Law to enter and search premises. 11C. A person who obstructs a trade officer, the Director of the Department of Commerce and Investment or the Commissioner of Police (or a person acting under the Commissioner\u2019s authority) in the execution of their duties or exercise of their powers under this Law commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for one year or to both.\u201d. 9. The principal Law is amended in section 12 by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection - \u201c(4) A Board may, where satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, waive in whole or in part the fees required to be paid for an occasional licence permitting music or dancing at an event that is part of a national festival of the Islands.\u201d. Insertion of section 11A - duties and powers of trade officers; section 11B - powers and duties of the Commissioner and Director; and 11C - obstruction of a trade officer, the Director or the Commissioner Amendment of section 12 - fees Schedule The Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018 10. 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It would\nexempt from control under the Law public performances of music and dance\ngiven at certain venues if given primarily for artistic, cultural or religious\npurposes and permit music and dancing at the airport or in port areas on Sunday\nin order to welcome tourists to the Islands.  The Bill also gives the Board the\npower to permit music and dancing on a Sunday where New Year\u2019s Eve falls on a\nSaturday or Sunday and the power to waive the fees for occasional licences\ngranted for an event that is part of a national festival of the Islands.  Finally, the\nBill gives powers to administer and enforce the Law to trade officers, the Director\nof the Department of Commerce and Industry and the police.\nClause 1 provides for the short title of the legislation.\nClause 2 amends references in the Law to the Liquor Licensing Law to update the\ncitation of that Law.\nClause 3 amends the definition of \u201cexempted premises\u201d and deletes the definition\nof \u201cpermitted days\u201d, moving the substance of these definitions into sections 2A\nand 3(1) of the Law, respectively.  The clause also amends the definition of\n\u201cpermitted hours\u201d and adds definitions for \u201coccasional licence\u201d, \u201ctemporary\nlicence\u201d and \u201ctrade officer\u201d.\nClause 4 inserts a new section into the Law which lists the premises which are\nexempt from the control of music and dancing.  The clause expands the existing\nexemptions to include community centres, theatres, churches, schools, parks and\npublic squares where public performances of music and dance are given primarily\nfor artistic, cultural or religious purposes.\nClause 5 amends section 3 to prohibit music and dancing on Good Friday,\nChristmas Day and Sunday except where the music or dancing is in a hotel or\nrestaurant, at the airport or in port areas, is played between the hours of 9 a.m.\nand 11:45 p.m. and is not in excess of prescribed noise levels.  The clause also\nauthorizes the Board to permit music and dancing on a Sunday where New Year\u2019s\nEve falls on a Saturday or Sunday.\nClause 6 amends section 9 in consequence of the deletion of the definition of\n\u201cpermitted days\u201d and the amendment to the definition of \u201cpermitted hours\u201d by\nclause 3.\n\nThe Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018\n\n3\nClause 7 amends section 11 in consequence of the insertion of new section 11A\ninto the Law by clause 8.\nClause 8 inserts new sections 11A and 11B into the Law providing for the\nenforcement of the Law by trade officers, the Commissioner of Police and the\nDirector of the Department of Commerce and Investment.  The clause gives these\nofficers, the Commissioner and the Director the same powers, privileges and\nimmunities as they have under the Liquor Licensing Law (2016 Revision).\nClause 8 also adds new section 11C to the Law, which makes it an offence to\nobstruct a trade officer, the Commissioner or the Director.\nClause 9 amends section 12 to permit the Board to waive fees for an occasional\nlicence for music or dancing that takes place as part of a national festival of the\nIslands.\nClause 10 amends section 14 to give the regulation-making power to Cabinet\n(rather than the Governor in Cabinet), in line with the 2009 Constitution.  The\nclause also gives Cabinet the power to prescribe noise levels and methods and\nmachines for measuring noise.\n\nThe Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018\n\n4\nTHE MUSIC AND DANCING (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018\n\nARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES\n\n1.\nShort title\n2.\nGeneral amendment of the Music and Dancing (Control) Law (2012\n\nRevision)\n3.\nAmendment of section 2 - definitions\n4.\nInsertion of section 2A - application\n5.\nAmendment of section 3 - certain premises require to be licensed for music\n\nand dancing\n6.\nAmendment of section 9 - extensions of permitted hours\n7.\nAmendment of section 11 - licensed premises to be open for inspection\n8.\nInsertion of section 11A - duties and powers of trade officers; section 11B -\n\npowers and duties of the Commissioner and Director; and 11C - obstruction\n\nof a trade officer, the Director or the Commissioner\n9.\nAmendment of section 12- fees Schedule\n10. Amendment of section 14 - Regulations\n\nThe Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018\n\n5\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nA BILL TO AMEND THE MUSIC AND DANCING (CONTROL) LAW\n(2012 REVISION) TO BROADEN THE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LAW,\nTO GIVE THE BOARD DISCRETION TO PERMIT MUSIC AND\nDANCING ON SUNDAY WHERE NEW YEAR\u2019S EVE FALLS ON A\nSATURDAY OR SUNDAY; TO PERMIT THE BOARD TO WAIVE FEES\nFOR CERTAIN OCCASIONAL LICENCES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE\nADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW BY TRADE\nOFFICERS, THE POLICE AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE\nDEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INVESTMENT; AND FOR\nINCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED MATTERS\n\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nThis Law may be cited as the Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment)\nLaw, 2018.\n2.\nThe Music and Dancing (Control) Law (2012 Revision), in this Law referred\nto as \u201cthe principal Law\u201d, is amended -\n(a) by substituting for the words \u201c(2000)\u201d the words \u201c(2016\nRevision)\u201d; and\n(b) by substituting for the words \u201c(2000 Revision)\u201d wherever they\nappear the words \u201c(2016 Revision)\u201d.\n3.\nSection 2 of the principal Law is amended -\n(a) by deleting the definition of \u201cexempted premises\u201d and\nsubstituting the following definition -\nShort title\nGeneral amendment of\nthe Music and Dancing\n(Control) Law (2012\nRevision)\nAmendment of section 2\n- definitions\n\nThe Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018\n\n6\n\u201c \u201cexempted premises\u201d means premises to which the Law does\nnot apply by virtue of section 2A\u201d;\n(b) by inserting the appropriate alphabetical sequence the following\ndefinitions -\n\u201c \u201coccasional licence\u201d means a licence of a category established\nby section 4(b);\n\u201ctemporary licence\u201d means a licence of a category established  by\nsection 4(c); and\n\u201ctrade officer\u201d means a public officer in the Department of\nCommerce and Investment appointed as such and assigned by the\nChief Officer, or the Chief Officer\u2019s designate, to perform the\nduties of trade officer under this Law.\u201d;\n(c) by deleting the definition of \u201cpermitted days\u201d; and\n(d) in the definition of \u201cpermitted hours\u201d -\n(i)\nby deleting the words \u201cof permitted days\u201d;\n(ii) by inserting after the word \u201cpublic\u201d the words \u201cand includes\nthe hours covered by permission given under section 3(3) or\nan extension of permitted hours under section 9(2); and\n(iii) by deleting the word \u201cand\u201d following the semi-colon at the\nend of the definition\u201d.\n4.\nThe principal Law is amended by inserting after section 2 the following\nsection -\n\u201cApplication\nLaw 9 of 2015\n2A.  This Law does not apply to the following premises -\n(a) premises licensed for public film exhibition\nunder the Film Exhibition Control Law, 2015;\n(b) areas in hotels with respect to which no charge\nis made for admission; and\n(c) town halls, community centres, theatres,\nchurches, schools, parks, public squares and\nother venues where members of the general\npublic gather for performances of music,\ndance or drama presented primarily for\nartistic, cultural or religious purposes, rather\nthan for profit.\u201d.\n5.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 3 -\n(a) in subsection (1), by deleting all the words after the word \u201cmusic\u201d\nand substituting a dash and the following words -\n\u201c(a) on premises that are not licensed in that behalf;\nInsertion of section 2A -\napplication\nAmendment of section 3\n- certain premises require\nto be licensed for music\nand dancing\n\nThe Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018\n\n7\n(b) during hours that are not permitted hours; or\n(c) on Good Friday, Christmas Day or Sunday.\u201d;\n(b) in subsection (2) -\n(i)\nby deleting the words \u201csubsection (1)(b) music may be\nplayed\u201d and substituting the words \u201csubsection (1)(c), music\nmay be played or dancing permitted\u201d;\n(ii) by inserting after the word \u201cDay\u201d the words \u201cat the airport\nor \u201cport areas\u201d, as defined in the Port Authority Law (1999\nRevision), in order to welcome arriving passengers, or\u201d;\n(iii) by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following\nparagraph -\n\u201c(a) the music is not played in excess of the prescribed noise\nlevels; and\u201d;\n(iv) by deleting the words \u201c; and\u201d at the end of paragraph (b)\nand substituting a full stop; and\n(v) by deleting paragraph (c); and\n(c) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection -\n\u201c(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(c), a Board may,\nwhere satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so,\npermit dancing or the playing of music in licensed premises\non a Sunday where New Year\u2019s Eve falls on a Saturday or a\nSunday, during such hours and subject to such conditions as\nthe Board may in each particular case determine, and the\nhours covered by such permission are deemed to be\npermitted hours for the purposes of this Law\u201d.\n6.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 9 -\n(a) in subsection (1) by deleting the words \u201cof permitted days\u201d; and\n(b) by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following\nsubsection -\n\u201c(3) The hours covered by an extension given under subsection\n(2) are deemed to be permitted hours for the purposes of\nthis Law.\u201d.\n7.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 11 by deleting the word\n\u201cconstables\u201d and substituting the words \u201ctrade officers\u201d.\n\n(1999 Revision)\nAmendment of section 9\n- extensions of permitted\nhours\nAmendment of section\n11 - licensed premises to\nbe open for inspection\n\nThe Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018\n\n8\n8.\nThe principal Law is amended by inserting after section 11 the following\nsection -\n\u201cDuties\nand\npowers\nof\ntrade officers\n\n(2016\nRevision)\nPowers\nand\nduties of the\nCommissioner\nand Director\n\n(2016\nRevision)\n\nObstruction of\na trade officer,\nthe Director or\nthe\nCommissioner\n11A. (1)  Trade officers have the duty to enforce this Law\nand to assist the Board and have the authority to carry out such\ninstructions as may be given by the Board or the Director of\nthe Department of Commerce and Investment or the Director\u2019s\ndelegate, in accordance with this Law.\n(2)  A trade officer has all powers, privileges, rights and\nimmunities of a constable when carrying out the trade officer\u2019s\nduties under this Law, including the powers to enter and\nsearch premises set out in section 33 of the Liquor Licensing\nLaw (2016 Revision).\n11B. The Director of the Department of Commerce and\nInvestment and the Commissioner of Police (and every person\nacting under the Commissioner\u2019s authority) shall assist the\nBoard in administering this Law and shall have all powers,\nprivileges, rights and immunities in respect of licensed\npremises under this Law as they have in respect of licensed\npremises under the Liquor Licensing Law (2016 Revision),\nincluding the powers set out in section 33 of that Law to enter\nand search premises.\n11C. A person who obstructs a trade officer, the Director of\nthe Department of Commerce and Investment or the\nCommissioner of Police (or a person acting under the\nCommissioner\u2019s authority) in the execution of their duties or\nexercise of their powers under this Law commits an offence\nand is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand\ndollars or to imprisonment for one year or to both.\u201d.\n\n9.\nThe principal Law is amended in section 12 by inserting after subsection (3)\nthe following subsection -\n\u201c(4) A Board may, where satisfied that it is in the public interest to do\nso, waive in whole or in part the fees required to be paid for an occasional\nlicence permitting music or dancing at an event that is part of a national\nfestival of the Islands.\u201d.\nInsertion of section 11A\n- duties and powers of\ntrade officers; section\n11B - powers and duties\nof the Commissioner and\nDirector; and 11C -\nobstruction of a trade\nofficer, the Director or\nthe Commissioner\nAmendment of section\n12 - fees Schedule\n\nThe Music and Dancing (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2018\n\n9\n10. 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