### Miscellaneous Licences Regulations 《雜類牌照規例》

107A. Minimum dancing area
(1) After the commencement of the Miscellaneous Licences (Amendment) Regulations 1965 (L.N. 110 of 1965), no dancing school licence shall be issued or renewed in respect of any premises in which the total unobstructed dancing area available to persons resorting thereto for the purpose of receiving instruction in dancing is less than 46 square metres, or the total seating area is more than one-third of the dancing area.
(2) It shall be a condition of every such licence issued or renewed after the commencement of the aforesaid regulations that at all times when the premises are open for instruction in dancing the total unobstructed dancing area available to persons resorting thereto for the purpose of receiving instruction in dancing is not less than 46 square metres and the total seating area is not more than one-third of the dancing area.
(L.N. 372 of 1984)

108. Outdoor sign
Every person licensed to keep a dancing school shall exhibit and keep exhibited “Licensed for Dancing Instruction” in English and in Chinese the characters “特許教授跳舞” in some conspicuous place near the door and on the outside of the premises to the satisfaction of the licensing authority.

109. Only approved assistants to be employed
Every person licensed to keep a dancing school shall employ at the premises only such assistants as the licensing authority may approve.

110. Register of dancing instructor, etc.
(Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 59 of 2000 s. 3)
Every person licensed to keep a dancing school, shall keep a register at the premises and shall correctly enter therein the names, age, sex, nationality, birth place and place of residence in Hong Kong of every dancing instructor, dancing partner and of any other person employed in the premises and shall affix thereto a photograph of every such dancing instructor, dancing partner or employee.
(59 of 2000 s. 3)

111. Register of persons receiving tuition
Every person licensed to keep a dancing school shall keep a register of all persons receiving tuition at the school in which shall be entered the name and address of the persons receiving tuition.

112. Return of dancing instructors, etc.
On the first day of every month, every person licensed to keep a dancing school shall make a return in writing to the licensing authority in such form as he may approve of the particulars required to be entered in the register relating to every dancing instructor, dancing partner and to other persons employed on the premises.

113. Minimum age for employees
No person under the age of 18 years shall be employed in the premises.
(L.N. 110 of 1965)

### Miscellaneous Licences Regulations 《雜類牌照規例》

113A. Minimum age for person present in the premises
No person under the age of 16 years shall be permitted to be present, at any time during which the licensee may, under and in accordance with his licence, allow the premises to be used for instruction in dancing, in any part of the premises available to persons resorting thereto for the purpose of receiving instruction in dancing.
(L.N. 110 of 1965)

114. Sleeping on premises
No person other than the licensee, members of his family, his agent, or watchman shall sleep or be permitted to sleep on the licensed premises.

115. Exclusion of public
Except during the hours prescribed in the conditions of the licence, no instruction in dancing shall be given and the public shall be excluded from the premises.

117. Sale or consumption of liquors
No intoxicating liquors shall be sold or consumed in the premises, except under and in accordance with the terms of a valid licence in that behalf granted in respect of such premises.

118. Good order in premises
Every person licensed to keep a dancing school shall maintain good order in the premises and shall not suffer or permit therein—
(a) any profanity or impropriety of language;
(b) any indecency of dress, dance or gesture;
(c) any drunkenness or other disorderly conduct;
(d) any unlawful game; or
(e) any persons of notoriously bad character to assemble and meet together.

118A. Prohibition of partitions and screens
The licensee shall not erect, place or have any partition or screen in any part of the premises available to persons resorting thereto for instruction in dancing.
(L.N. 110 of 1965)

118B. Requirements as to seating
The seating facilities in the premises shall be by means of separate chairs (each such chair designed to accommodate one person only) and shall, at all times when the premises are open for the purpose of instruction in dancing, be so arranged as to ensure—
(a) that any person sitting in any chair has an unobstructed view of the whole of the dancing area; and
(b) that no chair is obstructed by any pillar, plant or other thing (whether similar or not) calculated to, or having the effect of, segregating any person using that chair from the full sight of any other person present.
(L.N. 110 of 1965)

### Miscellaneous Licences Regulations 《雜類牌照規例》

118C. Prohibition against entering cocklofts
(1) No person shall be permitted to enter any cockloft in the premises at any time during which the licensee may, under and in accordance with his licence, allow the premises to be used for instruction in dancing.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be taken to prohibit the licensee himself from entering any such cockloft.
(L.N. 110 of 1965)

### Miscellaneous Licences Regulations 《雜類牌照規例》

120. Removal of fire danger
The licensing authority may require the removal of, and the licensee shall immediately remove, anything in the premises which in the opinion of the licensing authority is a fire danger.

121. Fire appliances and escape
(1) Every person licensed to keep a dancing school shall provide and maintain on the premises to the satisfaction of the Director of Fire Services— (L.N. 391 of 1984)
(a) fire appliances adequate for the protection of the premises, at all times free from obstruction and ready for use;
(b) (Repealed L.N. 391 of 1984)(c) an adequate shade or guard for every lamp and fire; and
(d) fire resisting screens, shutters, curtains or other adequate means of fire protection for every window or opening which adjoins any place or premises where any inflammable substance is kept or stored.
(2) Every person licensed to keep a dancing school shall provide and maintain on the premises to the satisfaction of the Building Authority adequate means of escape in case of fire for all persons from every part of the premises. (L.N. 391 of 1984)
(3) Every person licensed to keep a dancing school shall at all times keep free from obstruction and ready for use every means of escape provided by him under paragraph (2). (L.N. 391 of 1984)

122. Exits and doors
Every door and barrier on the premises must open outwards, and every exit shall be plainly indicated in 170-millimetre letters and Chinese characters by a fixed lighted sign of a nature and in a position approved by the Director of Fire Services.
(L.N. 123 of 1982; L.N. 300 of 1982)

123. Gangways and staircases
Every gangway, passage and staircase for the exit of the public shall be kept entirely free from obstruction, whether permanent or temporary, and no person shall be permitted to loiter therein.

124. Corridors not to be used as cloakrooms
No corridor shall be used as a cloakroom, and no pegs for hanging hats or cloaks shall be allowed therein.

125. Latrines
Every person licensed to keep a dancing school shall provide and shall maintain in a clean and wholesome condition on the premises adequate latrine, urinal or water-closet accommodation to the satisfaction of the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene.
(L.N. 67 of 1985; 78 of 1999 s. 7)