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Police Offences Act 1935
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### 16 Street entertainment
> *\[Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 \]**\[Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 75 of 1973, s. 2 and Sched. 1 \]**\[Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 13 of 1987, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]**\[Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 32 of 1963, s. 10 \]**\[Section 16 Subsection (2) added by No. 13 of 1987, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]*[*\[Section 16 Substituted by No. 86 of 2001, s. 11, Applied:17 Dec 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-12-17/act-2001-086#GS11@EN)
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> > (1) A person, without a permit issued by the appropriate council, must not continue to provide street entertainment on any day within 100 metres of any premises after being requested on that day by the occupier of those premises or a police officer to cease providing that entertainment.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 2 penalty units.
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> > (2) A police officer may require any person providing street entertainment to cease any conduct that may be a danger to public safety.
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> > (3) A person must comply with a requirement under [subsection (2)](#GS16@Gs2@EN) .
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 2 penalty units.