Licensing and Registered Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

This Order may be cited as the Licensing and Registered Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.

This Order comes into operation on the expiration of one week from the day on which it is made.

This Article applies to any licensed premises except—

The hours between 11 in the evening of 31st December 1999 and half past 11 in the morning of 1st January 2000 shall, in addition to the hours mentioned in Article 42(1) of the Licensing Order, be included in the permitted hours for licensed premises to which this Article applies for the purposes of

on any part or parts of those premises.

Any order made under Article 44(1) of the Licensing Order and applying to any licensed premises to which this Article applies shall not apply to those premises during the hours between 11 in the evening of 31st December 1999 and 1 in the morning of 1st January 2000.

Where the hours between 11 in the evening of 31st December 1999 and 1 in the morning of 1st January 2000 are included in the permitted hours for any licensed premises to which this Article applies by virtue of an authorisation granted under Article 45 of the Licensing Order, that authorisation—

Any extension licence granted under Article 47 of the Licensing Order in respect of any licensed premises to which this Article applies shall not apply during any hours which—

Any function organised by a licence holder during any hours between half past 11 in the morning of 31st December 1999 and 1 in the morning of 1st January 2000 shall not be taken into account in calculating the number of functions organised by a licence holder in any one year for the purposes of paragraph (5) of Article 47 of the Licensing Order.

This Article applies to—

the period of an entertainment; and

periods, not exceeding 30 minutes in each case, which immediately precede the commencement and immediately succeed the termination of an entertainment,

Where an occasional licence granted under Article 30 of the Licensing Order specifies any hours which—

those hours shall notwithstanding anything contained in the licence, be deemed to end at half past 11 in the morning of 1st January 2000.

This Article applies to an occasional licence whether granted before or after the coming into operation of this Order.

The hours between 11 in the evening of 31st December 1999 and half past 11 in the morning of 1st January 2000 shall, in addition to the hours mentioned in Article 24(1) of the Registration of Clubs Order, be included in the permitted hours for a registered club other than a nightworkers club.

Where the hours between 11 in the evening of 31st December 1999 and 1 in the morning of 1st January 2000 are included in the permitted hours for a registered club other than a nightworkers club by virtue of an authorisation granted under Article 26(1) of the Registration of Clubs Order that authorisation—

Paragraph (2) applies to an authorisation whether granted before or after the coming into operation of this Order.

The hours described in paragraph (2) shall be added to the permitted hours in a nightworkers club.

The hours mentioned in paragraph (1) are the hours which are specified in a notice in writing served on or before 23rd December 1999 by the secretary of the club on the sub-divisional commander for the police sub-division in which the premises of the club are situated and the hours so specified shall—

Where any hours are included in the permitted hours for a nightworkers club on 31st December 1999 by virtue of an authorisation granted under Article 26 of the Registration of Clubs Order, that authorisation—

Paragraph (3) applies to an authorisation whether granted before or after the coming into operation of this Order.

The rules of a nightworkers club or Article 5(8)(b) of the Registration of Clubs Order shall not prohibit the admission of guests of members to, or their presence in, the premises of the club during any hours added by paragraph (1).