Physical Training and Recreation Act, 1937 : 1 Edw. 8 & Geo. 6. Ch. 46.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1937]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Physical Training and Recreation Act, 1937 : 1 Edw. 8 & Geo. 6. Ch. 46. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 GEo. 6.] Recreation Act, 1937. for the words “local committees’’ wherever they occur the words “regional committees’’ shall be substituted and any reference to a local committee shall be construed accordingly. (4) “Local authority’ means a town, county, or district council: Provided that any reference in section three of this Act to a local authority shall include a reference to an education authority. subsection (1) after the words “‘ playing fields ” the words “‘swimming baths or bathing places”? were inserted, and as if for subsection (2) the following subsection were substituted :— **(2) Any premises provided by a local authority under the last foregoing subsection or any offices provided by a local authority for the transaction of their business may be used for the purposes of concerts or other entertainments which may be provided by the local authority or any other person, and any such premises or offices may be let by the authority for those purposes or for the purposes of meetings at such times and in such manner as will not interfere with the purposes for which the premises or offices are provided : Provided that no concert or other enter- tainment provided by a local authority under this subsection shall include— ) (a) the performance of a stage play; or (6) any performance in the nature of a variety entertainment, or in which scenery, theatrical costumes, or scenic or theatrical accessories are used; or (c) the showmg of any cinematograph film (other than a film illustrative of questions relating to health or disease).” (6) For section five of this Act the following section shall be substituted :— the purposes of subsection (1) of section four of this Act and, if they are unable to do so by agreement B z