{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-and-registration-of-clubs-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2021/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-and-registration-of-clubs-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2021/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2021/7",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-and-registration-of-clubs-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Removal of restrictions on late opening on Sunday",
  "text": "(1) In Article 24 of the Registration of Clubs Order (general permitted hours), in paragraph (1)—\n(a) after sub-paragraph (a) and the following “and” insert—\n“(aa) on Sundays other than Christmas Day, from half past 12 in the afternoon to 11 in the evening; and”, and\n(b) in sub-paragraph (c), omit “Sunday or”.\n(2) In Article 26 of the Registration of Clubs Order (authorisations for special occasions), in paragraph (1)(a), for paragraphs (ii) and (iii) (but not the “or” following paragraph (iii)) substitute—\n“(ii) on Sundays, from 11 in the evening to 1 in the morning of the day next following,”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 31 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 47(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 31 in operation at 1.10.2021 by S.R. 2021/247, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2021/7/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:35.504199+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}