S.L. 10.40 Art. 6Admission age.

(1) Persons under the age of seventeen shall not be allowed inside a place of entertainment, and young persons over the age of seventeen years shall prior to admission to any such place produce and show their legally valid identification document to the proprietor.

(2) Persons under the age of seventeen shall be allowed inside a place of entertainment if the proprietor applies for permission to allow persons under the age of seventeen to be permitted inside his place of entertainment and is granted such permission. Such permission shall be subject to the condition that wines, beers or spirituous liqueurs are not to be displayed, served, sold or consumed on such premises; conditions may also be attached to such permission regarding date, time and place as may be appropriate:

Provided that whenever an outdoor event is being organised for such persons in unlicensed venues, such event shall be covered by a bank guarantee of five thousand euro (€5,000): Provided further that outdoor events held in areas of 750 square metres or less shall not be subject to a bank guarantee.

(3) The proprietor shall be responsible to ensure that, when persons under the age of seventeen are allowed in his place of entertainment, no wines, beers or spirituous liquors are displayed, served or consumed on the premises.

(4) Sub-regulation (1) shall be reproduced on the admission ticket to any place of entertainment and any such ticket shall also state that the holder shall only be admitted upon the production of a legally valid identification document, evidencing his identity.

(5) Any proprietor who is found in breach of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) of one thousand two hundred and fifty euro (€1,250) for each person under the age of seventeen at the place of entertainment, and the court shall, at the request of the prosecution, suspend the relative licence for a period of seven consecutive days, in addition to any punishment to which he is liable under regulation 15.

(6) Persons under the age of seventeen may be allowed inside a concert venue: Provided that:

(a) where alcoholic beverages are sold or made available at a concert venue to which persons under the age of seventeen are admitted, such alcoholic beverages shall only be sold or served in a physically separate area of the concert venue as indicated or approved by the Commissioner to which access shall be limited to persons over seventeen years of age; and

(b) the Commissioner may if he considers it necessary:

(i) order the proprietor to observe any conditions and to make any arrangements as the Commissioner may notify to the proprietor for the purpose of preventing the happening of any violation of the law relating to the maintenance of public order at the concert venue or relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products to persons who are not legally entitled to purchase such products at or in the vicinity of the said venue;

(ii) require the proprietor to provide a bank guarantee to the satisfaction of the Commissioner and in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand euro (€50,000) for the purpose of guaranteeing that no alcoholic beverages will be sold to or consumed by persons under the age of seventeen at the concert venue and for the purpose of guaranteeing the observance of all the obligations and conditions relating to the order referred in sub-paragraph (i).

(7) Any employee to be present at any outdoor event being held for persons under the age of seventeen shall be vetted by the Commissioner to ensure that such employee is of good conduct. The proprietor shall, to this effect, submit to the Commissioner a list of employees to be present at the outdoor event not less than two weeks before the outdoor event is held.