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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-and-registration-of-clubs-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2021/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-and-registration-of-clubs-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2021/section-9.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/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Places of public entertainment: inclusion of cinemas",
  "text": "(1) In Article 2 of the Licensing Order (interpretation), in paragraph 2—\n(a) in the definition of “places of public entertainment”, after sub-paragraph (a) insert—\n(aa) “premises used as a cinema;”\n(b) at the appropriate place insert—\n““cinema” means any place which is used primarily and ordinarily for a film exhibition within the meaning of Article 2 of the Cinemas (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and the use of which for such exhibitions is licensed under Article 3 of that Order;”.\n(2) In Article 42(3) of the Licensing Order (general permitted hours) before “a theatre” insert “a cinema,”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 47(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 9 in operation at 6.4.2022 by S.R. 2022/63, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2021/7/section/9",
    "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."
}