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least one other occasion before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current supply offence.

Permits for special zone

5.—(1) Subject to this section, the Commissioner or an authorised officer may grant a permit to any individual on the individual’s application, authorising the individual to do the following during the freeze period:

(a) to consume alcohol in such public place within such special zone as is specified in the permit, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the permit; or
(b) to bring a prohibited item into the special zone specified in the permit, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the permit.

(2) In addition, the Commissioner may, by a notification published in the Gazette, grant a permit (referred to as a class permit) in respect of a special zone authorising, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the class permit, any conduct referred to in section 4 or 8 during the freeze period—

(a) by different classes of persons who reside within the special zone;
(b) by different classes of persons who have a place of business within the special zone;
(c) by different classes of persons who in the course of lawful business perform a service within the special zone; or
(d) at different periods or on different occasions within the special zone,

and may from time to time during the freeze period, modify the conditions specified in, or specify additional terms and conditions for, any class permit.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the terms and conditions of a class permit may restrict the sale, supply or consumption of alcohol on any premises (whether or not licensed premises) in a special zone during the freeze period, the trading hours