❓ Hon Nick Goiran asks about exemptions granted under the Sunday Entertainments Act 1979 for paid public entertainment on Sundays, Christmas Day, and Good Friday from 2009-2019. The Minister provides data on applications received, granted, withdrawn, and rejected, as well as exclusion notices published.
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I refer to the Sunday Entertainments Act 1979 , which makes it an offence for a person to open or use a place for paid public entertainment or amusement on any Sunday, Christmas Day or Good Friday unless they obtain the Minister’s approval to do so, and I ask: (a) in each of the calendar years from 2009 to 2019, inclusive: (i) what were the number of applications received for an exemption for paid public entertainment or amusement on: (A) any Sunday in that calendar year; (B) Christmas Day that year; and (C) Good Friday that year; (ii) what were the number of applications for an exemption that were granted; (iii) what were the number of applications for an exemption that were withdrawn; (iv) what were the number of applications for an exemption that were not approved; and (v) what were the number of exclusion notices published in the Government Gazette to allow cinemas, sporting events, live-music performances, carnivals, festivals and the like to operate; (b) which person or organisation currently holds an exemption for an indefinite or undefined period into the future; and (c) further to (b), for what category of entertainment of amusement does this exemption relate?
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Answered
10 June 2020
Responded by
Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Commerce
Response time
9 days
(a) (i) (A) None. Under the Sunday Entertainments Exemption Notice 1993, persons were authorised to open and use a place for paid public entertainment or amusement each Sunday, other than in 2011 and 2016 when Christmas Day fell on a Sunday .
(a) (i) (B) Eleven. Live Performance Australia, on behalf of all WA cinema operators, applied for an exemption for every Christmas Day between 2009 and 2011.
(a) (i) (C) 2009 – four;
2010 – five;
2011 – four;
2012 – five;
2013 – five;
2014 – five;
2015 – three;
2016 – five;
2017 – six;
2018 – five; and
2019 - six.
(a) (ii) All applications were granted.
(a) (iii) None.
(a) (iv) None.
(a) (v) 2009 – four;
2010 – five;
2011 – four;
2012 – five; and
2013 – five.
Following advice from the State Solicitor’s Office, the publication of exemption notices in the Government Gazette ceased from 2014 onwards.
(b) None.
(c) Not applicable.
(a) (i) (B) Eleven. Live Performance Australia, on behalf of all WA cinema operators, applied for an exemption for every Christmas Day between 2009 and 2011.
(a) (i) (C) 2009 – four;
2010 – five;
2011 – four;
2012 – five;
2013 – five;
2014 – five;
2015 – three;
2016 – five;
2017 – six;
2018 – five; and
2019 - six.
(a) (ii) All applications were granted.
(a) (iii) None.
(a) (iv) None.
(a) (v) 2009 – four;
2010 – five;
2011 – four;
2012 – five; and
2013 – five.
Following advice from the State Solicitor’s Office, the publication of exemption notices in the Government Gazette ceased from 2014 onwards.
(b) None.
(c) Not applicable.
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