Hong Kong Regulations

PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3A

Grant of provisional licence

(1) Where an application for the grant of a licence is made under regulation
3(1)(a), the licensing authority may grant a provisional  licence permitting
the applicant to keep or use the premises to which the application relates as
a theatre or cinema.

(2) The licensing authority shall not grant a provisional licence under
paragraph (1) unless—

   (a)  the licensing authority is satisfied that the applicant has complied
        with the requirements respectively imposed by it and the following
        persons in respect of the grant of the provisional licence—

        (i)    the Director of Fire Services;

        (ii)   (A) in case the application relates to any premises which are
               under the control of the Housing Authority, the Director of
               Housing; or (B) in case the application relates to any other
               premises, the Building Authority; and

        (iii)  in case the application relates to any premises in which
               laser equipment is, or is proposed to be, installed, the
               Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services; and

   (b)  where the application is in respect of any premises in which a
        fixed electrical installation is, or is to be, installed, the
        licensing authority has received from the applicant—

        (i)    in case the installation is a new one, a copy of a work
               completion certificate issued both as regards the installation
               and for the purposes of regulation 19 of the
               Electricity (Wiring) Regulations ( Cap 406 sub. leg. E); or

        (ii)   in case the installation is an existing one, a copy of a
               periodic test certificate issued both as regards the
               installation and for the purposes of regulation 20 of those
               Regulations.

(3) A provisional licence granted in respect of any premises is valid until—

   (a)  the expiration of a period of 6 months from and including the date of
        its issue or of such lesser period as may be indicated in the
        provisional licence; or

   (b)  the licensing authority grants a licence under regulation 3(2)(c) in
        respect of the premises, whichever occurs first. (L.N. 198 of 2006)