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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 No. 17 - SECT 264

264 Special entertainment precincts

(1) This section is about establishing a special entertainment precinct.

(2) A special entertainment precinct is an area in which--

(a) amplified music that is played at premises in the area is regulated by a local law, and not by the Liquor Act 1992; and
(b) the requirements about noise attenuation under the Planning Act apply to certain types of development in the area.

(3) If a local government wants to establish a special entertainment precinct in its local government area, the local government must--

(a) amend the local government's planning scheme to identify the special entertainment precinct; and
(b) make a local law to regulate noise from amplified music from premises in the special entertainment precinct, in accordance with a permit that is issued for the premises.

(4) However, a local law under this section does not apply to--

(a) a major sports facility under the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001; or
(b) an activity that--
(i) is for a motor racing event under the Motor Racing Events Act 1990; and
(ii) is being carried on by, or with the permission of, the promoter of the motor racing event.


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