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Culture and Recreation By-law, 2004
- Published in Gauteng Provincial Gazette 179 on 21 May 2004
- Commenced on 21 May 2004
- [This is the version of this document from 21 May 2004 and includes any amendments published up to 1 November 2024.]
Preamble
The Municipal Manager of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality hereby, in terms of Section 13(a) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000), publishes the Culture and RecreationBy-laws for the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, as approved by its Council, as set out hereunder.Chapter 1
Library and information services
1. Definitions and interpretation
2. Admission to library buildings
3. Membership
4. Loan of library material
5. Return of library material
6. Overdue library material
7. Reservation of library material
8. Lost and damaged library material
9. Handling of library material
A member who has borrowed library material or is using library material in the library must –10. Exposure of library material to notifiable and infectious diseases
11. Library material for special and reference purposes
12. Reproduction of library material and objects and use of facsimile facilities
13. Library hours
The hours determined by the Council during which any library will be open to the public, must be displayed on a notice at the entrance to the library concerned and must specify –14. Hire and use of auditoria and lecture rooms or library space
15. Internet viewing stations
Any person may utilize an internet viewing station at a library, where such facilities are made available by the Council, provided he or she -16. Hiring of multimedia library space
17. Performing arts library
18. Availability of by-laws and notices
A copy of these By-laws must be available for inspection, and a notice to that effect must be displayed at a prominent place, in every library and be brought to the attention of any library user when necessary.19. Conduct in libraries
Chapter 2
Arts and culture and community centre facilities
Part 1 – Hire and use of community, arts and culture facilities
20. Definitions and interpretation
21. Rights and status of artists
The Council must recognise the right of all artists to practise their respective forms of art and enjoy their right to freedom of expression through such medium, subject ot the provision of any law.22. Co-operation between council departments
23. Application for hiring of premises
24. Prescribed fees
A prescribed fee, if determined by the Council, is payable for premises,services and facilities provided by the Council in terms of these By-laws.25. Payment of fees
No person is permitted to use any premises hired unless the prescribed fee has been fully paid: Provided that the Council may exempt any person or organisation, on good cause, from the payment of portion or all of the prescribed fee.26. Period of hire
Notwithstanding any determination made by the Council regarding the dates and period for which the premises may be hired, the Council may allow the hirer reasonable access to the premises prior to the commencement date of the period of hire, to enable the hirer to make the necessary preparations and arrangements in or on the premises.27. Adjustment of period of hire
28. Joint hire
29. Sub-letting
A hirer may not sub-let the hired premises, or any part thereof, to any other person nor may the hirer cede, pledge or renounce in favour of another person any of his rights or obligations under these By-laws, nor allow any other person to occupy the premises, without the prior written permission of the Council.30. Condition of premises
31. Duties of the hirer
A person hiring premises from the Council -32. Advertisements and decorations
33. Admissions and sale of tickets
The hirer is responsible for all arrangements in connection with the admission of the members of the public to any function or event on or in the hired premises, the provision of ushers and other persons necessary to control the admission of persons to the premises, and the sale of tickets.34. Overcrowding
35. Sale of refreshments
36. Services
37. Cancellation due to destruction of premises
38. Cancellation due to non-compliance
39. Termination of period of hire
40. Fire hazards and insurance
41. Storage facilities
The Council is not responsible for providing facilities for the storage of the equipment of the hirer, or the hirer's employees, visitors, supporters or agents during any period prior to, during or after the function or event concerned.42. Equipment
43. Right of entry
44. Inspection
Upon the conclusion of all the hirer's activities at the termination of the period of hire or at the cancellation of the hire in terms of any provision in this Part, an authorised official and the hirer or his or her nominee must inspect the premises, for the purpose of assessing any damage or loss and compliance with the provisions of this Part.45. Regulations
A hirer must comply with the Council's security and fire protection regulations which may from time to time be in force in respect of the premises concerned.46. Nuisance
Part 2 – Community centres
47. Group activities
48. Membership
49. Membership fees
50. Use of centres for religious or personal purposes
51. Dress code
Any member and his or her guest must at all times be suitably attired for participation in the activity they propose to pursue, and without derogating from the generality of this requirement, no participant may wear any shoes or other footwear which, in the opinion of the authorised official in charge of, or supervising, the activity may cause damage to any part of the floor of a centre.52. Conduct of children
Unless the group activity in which a child under the age of 14 years is participating is a session specially arranged for young participants, every such child must be accompanied to the centre and must at all times be under the control and supervision of a parent or other adult, and such parent or adult is responsible for the conduct of such child while present in the centre.53. Application of certain sections of part 1 of chapter 2 to centres
The provisions of sections 22 to 29, 31, 34 to 37, 39 to 42, 45 and 46 read with the necessary changes, apply to the hire, operation and use of centres.54. Application of certain sections of part 1 of chapter 3 to centres
The provisions of sections 75 to 95 read with the necessary changes, apply to the operation and use of centres.Chapter 3
Recreation and sport
Part 1 – Camping and caravan parks
55. Definitions and interpretation
56. Lighting of fires prohibited
No person may camp or light a fire for the purpose of camping upon any open space vested in, or under the control of, the Council, except on a camping site.57. Permits
58. Extension of permits
Subject to the provisions of this Part, the period of validity of a permit may be extended at the discretion of a camping officer if the site concerned has not previously been allocated to another party for the period in respect of which the extension is required.59. Limitation on the period of occupancy of a camping site
No permit holder may occupy a camping site for a period longer than 30 days in all in any consecutive period of 12 months.60. Allocation and use of sites
61. Proper use of roads and pathways
In proceeding to and from a camping site, a permit holder or members of a permit holder's party must travel over the established roads within the camping ground and may not drive any vehicle across other camping sites or other areas.62. Reservation of sites
63. Right of refusal to issue or renew permits
A camping officer may refuse to issue or renew a permit to any person whom he or she reasonably suspects to be under the influence of intoxicating liquor or habit forming drugs.64. Obligations of permit holders
A permit holder–65. Cancellation of permits
If a permit holder or any member of his or her party commits a breach of any provision in this Part, a camping officer may, after having considered any reasons advanced by such permit holder as to why that camping officer should not act in terms of this section, cancel his or her permit.66. Access and loitering by members of the public prohibited
No person, other than a permit holder or a member of a permit holder's party or a bona fide guest of a permit holder, may enter, or loiter in or about, any camping ground.67. Site to be left in a clean condition
Every permit holder vacating a camping or caravan site must-68. Washing of clothes and utensils and preparation of foodstuffs
No permit holder or a member of his or her party may wash clothes, clean household utensils, fish, vegetables or the like or prepare food, except at a place set aside for that purpose or a place which a camping officer may indicate.69. Trading without permission
70. Damage to vegetation or property
71. Instructions of camping officer to be complied with
Any person, must promptly observe and comply with any lawful instruction of a camping officer concerning any camping ground, and no unauthorised person may remain therein after having been requested to leave by a camping officer or authorised official.72. Registration and use of firearms
73. Protection of wild life
74. Special requirements regarding caravan parks and caravans
Part 2 – Sport facilities
75. Definitions and interpretation
76. Administration
77. Access conditions
78. Smoking
Subject to any other law, and save for an open air local sport facility, such as and open air stadium or a golf course, no person may smoke in a local sport facility except in any portion thereof which has been designated for that purpose, as indicated by a notice to that effect.79. Alcoholic beverages
80. Duties of hirer
A hirer of a local sport facility is responsible for the maintenance of good order and socially acceptable behaviour within the sport facility and must ensure that the sport facility is left in the same condition it was in when he or she was given possession thereof, failing which the hirer is liable for the cost to the Council of repairing any damage to, or cleaning, that facility.81. Dress code
82. Hiring of sport facilities
83. Reservation of sport facilities by the council
84. Group activities
85. Public decency
86. Clothing and personal effects
87. Prescribed fees
The person concerned must pay the appropriate prescribed fee for admission to, or hire or use of, any local sport facility and any other prescribed fee contemplated in this Part.88. Generally prohibited conduct
No person may –89. Animals
Unless where otherwise allowed by a notice displayed in a conspicuous place at the entrance to a local sport facility, or the sport facility is designed or has been hired out for an activity that necessarily involves the presence of animals, no animal other than a guide dog may be brought into a local sport facility, without the prior written permission of an authorised official.90. Infectious diseases
No person who is suffering from or is in quarantine for any infectious or contagious disease may enter or seek admission to any local sport facility.91. Firearms and traditional weapons
No firearm or traditional weapon may be brought into a local sport facility, unless, subject to the availability of a safe or other appropriate storage facility at the entrance to a local sport facility, it is surrendered to an authorised official for safe keeping and must be collected from that official when leaving the local sport facility.92. Disturbance by sound systems
No amplified music or sound relayed through a public address system is allowed in a local sport facility without the prior permission of an authorised official and then only in an area specified by that official and any sound system must be positioned in such a way that sound travels to the interior of the sport facility with volume at a moderate level so that it will not disturb the peace and quiet of the surrounding community.93. Sale of food and refreshments
No person may, without the prior written permission of the Council and, subject to compliance with anyother law, prepare or sell food or refreshments within a local sport facility or in the immediate vicinity of an entrance thereto.94. Filming and photographs
96. Chapter 4 miscellaneous definitions and interpretation
97. Animals in facilities
98. Liability for acts and omissions
Neither the Council nor an employee of the Council is liable for anything done or omitted whilst acting in terms of or for the purposes of these By-laws, unless –99. Offences and penalties
Any person who –History of this document
21 May 2004 this version
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Act 5
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