Damage to Furniture etc

No person, whose dress or clothing is liable to soil or damage the furniture or fittings of the Royal Pavilion, or dress or clothing of any person, shall enter or use the Royal Pavilion.

Animals & Vehicles

No person in charge of an animal shall, without the consent of the council, permit the animal to enter or remain in the Royal Pavilion.

No person shall, without the consent of the council, bring into any part of the Royal Pavilion a wheeled vehicle or conveyance of any description (other than a hand-propelled invalid carriage).

Opening Times

No person shall, after being asked to leave by an officer of the council, knowingly remain in the Royal Pavilion after the time fixed for its closing.

Touching Exhibits

No person shall handle or touch any exhibit in the Royal Pavilion Estate unless authorised to do so by an officer of the council.

Returning Exhibits

No person having the charge or possession of any exhibit which the council is entitled to have returned to it shall, without reasonable excuse, fail to deliver it up to the council within 14 days of the service upon him by the council of a notice requiring him to do so.

For the purposes of this bylaw, a notice may be served upon any person by delivering it to him, or by leaving it at his usual or last known place of residence, or by sending it by registered post or recorded delivery service addressed to him at that place.

Alcohol

No person shall partake in the consumption of alcohol on the Royal Pavilion Estate, except in any part thereof in which the council for the time being allows the consumption of alcohol. Any person found consuming alcohol within the estate boundaries must stop drinking if asked to do so by an officer or representative of the Council. Failure to comply can result in a fine not exceeding £500 or Police Notification.

Drug Taking

No person shall partake in the use of drugs on the Royal Pavilion Estate. Persons found to be participating in such activities shall be immediately reported to the Police

Spitting & Chewing Gum

No person shall spit or eat chewing gum in the Royal Pavilion.

Sleeping

No person shall, without reasonable excuse, after a warning by an officer of the council, sleep in the Royal Pavilion.

Obstruction

No person shall in the Royal Pavilion Estate:

(a) intentionally obstruct an officer of the council in the proper execution of his duties;
(b) intentionally obstruct any person carrying out an act which is necessary to the proper execution of any contract with the council; or
(c) intentionally obstruct any other person in the proper use of the Royal Pavilion Estate, or behave so as to give reasonable grounds for annoyance to other persons in the Royal Pavilion Estate.

Advertising

No person shall, without the consent of the council, display, distribute, affix or post any bill, sign, placard or notice in any part of the Royal Pavilion.

Trading

No person shall, without the consent of the council, offer anything for sale in the Royal Pavilion Estate.

Lying on Furniture etc

No person shall lie on the furniture or fittings of the Royal Pavilion or on the floor thereof except, with the consent of the council, on the floor of any part of the Royal Pavilion for the time being set apart for the use of children under 12 years of age.

Smoking

No person shall smoke or strike a light in the Royal Pavilion, except in any part thereof in which the council for the time being allows smoking.

Refreshments

No person shall partake of refreshments in the Royal Pavilion, except in any part thereof in which the council for the time being allows the consumption of refreshments.

Litter

No person shall leave any litter in any part of the Royal Pavilion, except in the bins provided by the council.

Photography etc

Except with the consent of an officer of the council, no person shall photograph, paint, draw or reproduce the interior of the Royal Pavilion or any part thereof.

Broadcasting

Except with the consent of an officer of the council, no person shall cause or permit any apparatus for the reception of sound or television broadcasting or for the reproduction of sound to be operated in any part of the Royal Pavilion set apart for the use of the public.

Climbing

No person shall, without reasonable excuse, climb any wall or fence in or enclosing the Royal Pavilion Estate, or any tree, hedge, barrier, railing, post or other structure.

Removal of Structures

No person shall, without reasonable excuse, remove from or displace in the estate any barrier, railing, post, or seat, or any part of any structure or ornament, or any implement provided for use in the laying out or maintenance of the estate.

Driving

No person shall, without reasonable excuse, ride or drive a cycle, motorcycle, motor vehicle or any other mechanically propelled vehicle in the estate, or bring or cause to be brought into the estate a motorcycle, motor vehicle, trailer or any other mechanically propelled vehicle (other than a cycle), except in any part of the estate where there is a right of way for that class of vehicle.

If the council has set apart a space in the estate for use by vehicles of any class, this bylaw shall not prevent the riding or driving of those vehicles in the space so set apart, or on a route, indicated by signs placed in conspicuous positions between it and the entrance to the estate.

No person shall leave a cycle or motorcycle or park a vehicle, whether mechanically propelled or not, or trailer in the estate without the consent of an officer of the council.

This bylaw shall not prevent the riding or driving into the estate of any vehicle carrying persons or goods with the consent of the council.

This bylaw shall not extend to invalid carriages.

In this bylaw and in byelaw 21:

• ‘cycle’ means a bicycle, a tricycle, or a cycle having four or more wheels, not being in any case a motorcycle or motor vehicle;
• ‘invalid carriage’ means a vehicle, whether mechanically propelled or not, the unladen weight of which does not exceed 150 kilograms, the width of which does not exceed 0.85 metres and which has been constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of one person, being a person suffering from some physical defect or disability and is used solely by such a person;
• ‘motorcycle’ means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being an invalid carriage, with less than four wheels and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 41.0 kilograms;
•  ‘motor vehicle’ means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being an invalid carriage, intended or adapted for use on roads;
• ‘trailer’ means a vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle, and includes a caravan.

Protection of Flower Beds, Trees, Grass etc

No person shall in the estate walk, run, stand, sit or lie upon:

(a) any grass, turf or other place, where adequate notices to keep off such grass, turf, or other place is exhibited; or
(b) any flower bed, shrub or plant, or any ground in the course of preparation as a flower bed, or for the growth of any tree, shrub or plant.

Removal of Substances

No person shall remove from or displace in the estate any turf, or the whole or any part of any plant or tree.

Games

No person shall in the estate, juggle, play any ball game or any other game which may give reasonable cause for annoyance to other persons in the estate or cause damage to the buildings or gardens.

Animals in the Estate

No person in charge of an animal shall, without the consent of the council, permit the animal to enter or remain in any of the enclosed garden areas within the estate.

Erection of Structures

No person shall, without the consent of the council, erect any post, rail, fence, pole, tent, booth, stand, building or other structure in the estate.

Trading in the Estate

No person shall, without the consent of the council, sell, or offer or expose for sale, or let to hire, or offer or expose for letting to hire, any commodity or article in the estate.

Meetings

No person shall hold or take part in any public meeting or deliver any public address in the estate or in the Royal Pavilion.

This bylaw shall not apply to any conference, event or ceremony held by or with the consent of the council.

Litter in the Estate

No person shall leave any litter in the estate outside the Royal Pavilion, except in the bins provided by the council.

Sleeping in the Estate

No person shall, without reasonable excuse, after a warning by an officer of the council, sleep in the estate.

Noise

No person in the Royal Pavilion or in the estate shall, after being requested to desist by an officer of the council, or by any person annoyed or disturbed, or by any person acting on his behalf:

(a) by shouting or singing;
(b) by playing on a musical instrument; or
(c) by operating or permitting to be operated any radio, gramophone, amplifier, tape recorder or similar instrument;

cause or permit to be made any noise which is so loud or so continuous or repeated as to give reasonable cause for annoyance to other persons in the Royal Pavilion or in the estate.

This bylaw shall not apply to any person holding or taking part in any entertainment held with the consent of the council.

Savings

An act to the proper execution of his duty in the Royal Pavilion Estate by an officer of the council, or any act which is necessary to the proper execution of any contract with the council, shall not be an offence under these byelaws.

Nothing in or done under any of the provision of these bylaws shall in any respect prejudice or injuriously affect any public right of way, if any, through the Royal Pavilion Estate, or the rights of any person acting legally by virtue of some estate, right or interest in, over or affecting the Royal Pavilion Estate or any part thereof.

Penalty

Any person offending against any of these bylaws shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.