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URBAN COUNCILS ACT
Amusements
112. (1) The regulation and licensing of amusement caterers and the prohibition of such
persons from carrying on their business in such areas and during such hours as are
specified.
(2) The inspection of swings, roundabouts, switchbacks and installations of a similar
nature and all tents, structures and appliances provided for the amusement or recreation of
the public, whether on public or private property, and the prohibition of the use of such as
are, in the opinion of the council, unsafe or dangerous or which may tend to injure the
health or destroy the comfort, reasonable peace and quiet, or affect the rights, of the
inhabitants of the council area or any section thereof.
Open-air events
113. (1) The regulation of open-air events and functions and the prohibition of the same in such
areas and during such hours as are specified.
(2) The licensing of organizers of open-air events and functions and of the owners or
occupiers of property on which such events or functions are held.
(3) The prohibition or regulation of the construction, erection, use and removal of
temporary platforms, grandstands, seats and other structures for the accommodation of
spectators at open-air events and functions.
(4) The requiring of the provision of adequate sanitary conveniences at open-air events
and functions and regulating the nature, construction and mode of use of such sanitary
conveniences.
PART XV
FIRES, COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS AND EXPLOSIVES
Fires
114. (1) Requiring the provision on land and in buildings of precautions against the outbreak
and spread of fires and warning devices in connection therewith and regulating the
maintenance, use and inspection thereof and the prevention of interference therewith.
(2) The prohibition of the obstruction of fire escapes, stairs, doors or other means
available of exit from any building in the event of a fire.
(3) The conditions under which, in the absence of any agreement under Part XVI of the
Act, the council may permit the use of the fire brigade outside the council area.
(4) The reporting of fires and the prohibition of—
(a) interference with a fire brigade or appliances provided for or in connection with the
extinguishing of fires; and
(b) the giving of false alarms concerning fires.
(5) The prohibition of the use or occupation of buildings which constitute a fire hazard.
Bonfires and burning of rubbish
115. The prohibition or regulation of the burning of rubbish, trees, bushes, weeds or grass and
of the making of bonfires.
Combustible or inflammable material and explosives
116. (1) In this paragraph—
“petroleum” means petrol or any other liquid which has a flash- point in any apparatus
specified in the by-laws for the purposes of this paragraph of sixty-five degrees Celsius or
under.
(2) The regulation of the keeping of fodder and other combustible stores or materials.
(3) The restriction of the sites which may be used for or in connection with, and the
regulation of the size of, stacks or timber, coal or other inflammable materials and the
manner of stacking or storing such materials.
(4) The regulation of the generation or storage of any inflammable or explosive gas, and
the construction, maintenance and use of apparatus connected therewith.
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