In addition to the powers conferred on the council by sections 319, 342, and 366(2) of this Act or by regulations made pursuant to section 77(1)(u) of the Transport Act 1962, the council may, in any case where it considers that on the occasion of the holding in any public place or part of a public place (in this section referred to as the specified public place) of any public event, function, or gathering,—

the council may, not later than the day before the day of the public event, function, or gathering, but sooner so as to be able to comply with subsection (5) of this section unless the council considers there are special circumstances,—

The council may delegate its powers under subsection (1) of this section to any committee of the council appointed under section 104 of this Act that comprises only members of the council, but may not delegate those powers to any committee that has any members who are not members of the council or to any officer of the council under section 715 of this Act.

No prohibition under this section shall have effect for more than 12 hours in any consecutive period of 24 hours.

No prohibition relating to liquor under this section shall be deemed to prohibit—

The council shall give public notice of every decision under this section in a newspaper circulating in the district on at least 3 occasions during the period of 21 days immediately preceding the day on which the prohibition or prohibitions are to have effect, or, where the prohibition or prohibitions are to have effect on 2 or more days, the first of those days.

Notwithstanding subsection (5) of this section, where it is not practicable to give any or all of the notices required by that subsection because the decision of the council was made in special circumstances within a short period before the date of the prohibition or prohibitions, the council shall comply with subsection (5) of this section so far as is practicable and shall ensure that similar notices are displayed in the specified public place and given to the public in whole or in part by such other means as the council, after consultation with the Police, considers appropriate.

Every notice required to be given or displayed under subsection (5) or subsection (6) of this section shall—

Every person commits an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500, who, knowing that any prohibition under subsection (1) of this section is in force in respect of the specified public place,—

Nothing in subsection (8)(d) of this section shall apply to the driving or riding of a motor vehicle by a person residing in premises on land having a frontage to the specified public place or by his bona fide visitors.

Any constable may, without warrant,—

Before exercising the power of search conferred by subsection (10)(c) of this section, the constable shall inform the person in possession of the parcel, package, bag, case, or other container of the provisions of subsection (12) of this section, and in any case where that person is in possession of the item in the specified public place, give him a reasonable opportunity of removing the item from the specified public place.

No constable may exercise the power of search conferred by subsection (10)(c) of this section if the person in possession of the parcel, package, bag, case, or other container removes it from or, as the case may be, refrains from taking it into the specified public place and leaves it outside that public place until the period of the prohibition ceases.

Any constable may seize and remove any liquor and its container or any other liquor container that he has reasonable cause to believe would be evidence of the commission of an offence against this section.

Any liquor or container seized under subsection (13) of this section and in respect of which any person is convicted of an offence under this section, together, in the case of any liquor, with the container of the liquor, shall be deemed to be forfeited to the Crown.

In this section,—