s.3Certain premises require to be licensed for music and dancing
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Certain premises require to be licensed for music and dancing

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No person having control of any premises subject to this Act shall on or in such premises or on or in any public or other place adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of such premises cause or permit any dancing or the playing of music —
on premises that are not licensed in that behalf;
during hours that are not permitted hours; or
on Good Friday, Christmas Day or Sunday.
Notwithstanding subsection (1)(c), music may be played or dancing permitted on Sunday, Good Friday and Christmas Day at the airport or "port areas", as defined in the Port Authority Act (1999 Revision), in order to welcome arriving passengers, or in a restaurant or hotel, being premises subject to this Act, provided the following conditions are observed —
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
the time during which the music is played is between 9:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m.
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 —
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
the time during which the music is played is between 11:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m.
Notwithstanding subsection 1(c), music may be played or dancing permitted on Sunday on a sea-going vessel if the following conditions are observed —
the music is not played while the sea-going vessel is at or within half a mile of any land; and
the time during which the music is played is between 11:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m.
Notwithstanding subsection (1)(c), the Board may permit dancing or the playing of music in licensed premises, subject to such conditions as the Board may in each particular case determine during the following hours —
where New Year's Eve falls on a Saturday, from midnight of that day until 2 a.m. the following morning; and
where New Year's Eve falls on a Sunday, from 10 p.m. until midnight of that day.
The hours covered by permission granted under subsection (3) are deemed to be permitted hours for the purposes of this Act.

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