(1)  In this section –

entertainment includes any performance, exhibition, display, match or contest;

public entertainment means –

(a) any entertainment to which persons are admitted on payment; and

(b) any entertainment which is open to the public, whether admission to the entertainment is or is not procured by the payment of money or on any other condition; and

(c) any entertainment or other activity, the whole or any part of which is, or is intended to be, seen or heard by the general public (whether in this State or elsewhere and whether at the time the entertainment or activity takes place or at some later time) on broadcast receivers or television receivers or by the projection of a film or video;

restricted public entertainment , in relation to a child, means a public entertainment which, or which is of a class which, the Minister has declared to be restricted public entertainment in respect of children the same age as the child.

(2)  The Minister may, by order, declare any public entertainment or class of public entertainment to be restricted public entertainment in respect of children who have not attained the age, not exceeding 14 years, specified in that order in relation to that public entertainment or class of public entertainment.

(3)  Without limiting subsection (1) , a class of public entertainment may be determined by reference to –

(a) the nature of the entertainment; and

(b) the purpose of the entertainment; and

(c) the persons who carry on the entertainment; and

(d) the place in which, and the days or times at or during which, the entertainment is carried on.

(4)  A person must not procure, induce, permit, counsel or assist a child to take part in a public entertainment which, in relation to that child, is a restricted public entertainment, except where the Secretary has given written permission for the child to take part in the public entertainment.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 15 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.

(5)  This section does not apply in relation to a public entertainment –

(a) the net proceeds of which are devoted to the benefit of a school or to a charitable purpose; or

(b) that takes place on any premises wholly or mainly used for the purpose of conducting religious services.

(6)  An order under this section is a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .