المملكة: A fine of one million riyals and a ban from activity for 5 years.. New regulations for events and entertainment cities
General Entertainment AuthorityComprehensive regulations requiring investors to obtain prior licenses to operate entertainment cities and centers; Entertainment activities at a rate not exceeding 10 percent of the value of each ticket.
The system assigned the Board of Directors the authority to determine the financial fees for issuing, renewing or suspending licenses and permits.
Respect for order and public morals
The system gave the Authority the authority to classify licensees according to their technical qualifications and operational efficiency, and issue classification certificates for them.
The regulations excluded private entertainment events and shows that are not invited to the public from These requirements are made directly.
The system obliges event operators to observe public order and public morals, and to strictly adhere to the controls for advertising activities.
It gives the authority the right to stop any activity, in whole or in part, when there is a risk that threatens the safety of attendees, or for the sake of public interest.
With regard to oversight, the system granted inspectors broad powers to enter and inspect event sites, review records and data, and receive complaints.
With regard to oversight, the system granted inspectors broad powers to enter and inspect event sites, review records and data, and receive complaints.
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He authorized the inspectors to seek the assistance of the security authorities to carry out their tasks, warning those in charge of the facilities not to prevent them from performing their supervisory duties.
Strict penalties for violators
The regulations set strict penalties for violators, including warnings, financial fines of up to one million riyals, and a ban on practicing the activity for a period of five years.
The approved penalties also include revocation or suspension of the license or permit, according to the size and impact of the violation.
The system allowed the competent inspector to issue immediate fines not exceeding ten thousand riyals when detecting violations specified in the regulation, or to give the violator a period to correct his situation.
It authorized the competent committees to double the penalty not to exceed its maximum in the event of repeating the violation within one year.
The system indicated the formation of specialized committees headed by a regulatory expert to look into the detected violations, and to impose Penalties.
Violators were guaranteed the right to appeal the Committee’s decisions before the Administrative Court within sixty days from the date of actual notification of the decision.
The regulations allowed the Authority to seek the assistance of specialized technical companies to carry out some of the tasks assigned to it; To raise performance efficiency.
She confirmed that the system and its executive regulations will officially begin one hundred and eighty days after the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
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