Unlawful Public
Entertainments (Jersey) Regulations 2024
1 Organising an unlawful public entertainment an offence
(1) A
person who organises or is otherwise concerned in providing an unlawful public
entertainment commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of
6 months and to a fine.
(2) For
the purposes of paragraph (1), a public entertainment is unlawful if it is
held without the permission of the Bailiff.
(3) The
Bailiff may grant permission for the provision of a public entertainment
subject to the conditions the Bailiff thinks fit.
2 Offence
of contravening condition of permission
An organiser of, or a
person otherwise concerned in providing, a public entertainment commits an
offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of 6 months and to a fine
if –
(a) any
condition of the Bailiff’s permission for the entertainment is
contravened; and
(b) the
organiser of, or person otherwise concerned in providing, the entertainment did
not take all reasonable precautions to avoid the contravention.
3 Offences
by body corporate, etc.
(1) In
this Regulation –
“relevant body” means a limited liability
partnership, a separate limited partnership, a limited liability company, an
incorporated limited partnership or another body corporate;
“relevant offence” means an offence under
these Regulations that is committed by a relevant body;
“relevant person” means –
(a) if
the relevant offence is committed by a limited liability partnership, a partner
of the partnership;
(b) if the
relevant offence is committed by a separate limited partnership or an
incorporated limited partnership –
(i) a
general partner, or
(ii) a
limited partner who is participating in the management of the partnership;
(c) if
the relevant offence is committed by a limited liability company or a body
corporate (other than an incorporated limited partnership) –
(i) a
director, manager, secretary or other similar officer
of the body corporate, or
(ii) if
the affairs of the body corporate are managed by its members, a member who is
acting in connection with the member’s functions of management; and
(d) a
person purporting to act in any capacity described in sub-paragraphs (a)
to (c) in relation to the relevant body that commits the relevant offence.
(2) If
a relevant offence under Regulation 1 or 2 is proved to have been
committed with the consent or connivance of a relevant person, that relevant
person is also guilty of the offence and liable in the same manner as the
relevant body to the penalty provided for that offence.
(3) If
a relevant offence under Regulation 2 is proved to be attributable to any
neglect on the part of a relevant person, that relevant person is also guilty
of the offence and liable in the same manner as the relevant body to the
penalty provided for the offence.
4 Saving
of customary law
Nothing in these
Regulations is to be taken as abolishing, modifying or
prejudicing any offence against the customary law.
5 [1]
6 Citation,
commencement and expiry
(1) These
Regulations may be cited as the Unlawful Public Entertainments (Jersey)
Regulations 2024.
(2) These
Regulations come into force on 21st July 2024 and expire at the end of 20th
July 2027.