Chapter 29:15 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. 158