{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-14.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1987/1277",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-northern-ireland-order-1987",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Increase in penalties",
  "text": "(1) In the Licensing Act—\n(a) in section 6(4) (failure to comply with court order requiring alterations in licensed premises) for the words from “£100” onwards there shall be substituted “level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both”;\n(b) in section 31(b) (failure to comply with court order requiring restoration of licensed premises to their original condition) for the words from “£100” onwards there shall be substituted “level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both”;\n(c) in section 41(2) (selling, etc., intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours) for “level 3 on the standard scale” there shall be substituted “level 5 on the standard scale”;\n(d) in section 50(1) (person found on licensed premises outside permitted hours) for “level 3” there shall be substituted “level 4”;\n(e) in section 52(1) (selling, etc., intoxicating liquor without a licence) for “level 4” there shall be substituted “level 5”;\n(f) in section 53(2) (selling, etc., certain kinds of alcohol) for “level 4” there shall be substituted “level 5”;\n(g) in section 56 (selling, etc., intoxicating liquor contrary to conditions applicable to certain licences) for the words from “level 3” onwards substitute “level 4 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both”;\n(h) in section 61—\n(i) in subsection (4)(a) (minor in licensed premises) for “level 2” there shall be substituted “level 3”;\n(ii) in subsection (4)(b) (permitting minor to be, or causing or procuring minor to enter or be, in licensed premises) for “level 3” there shall be substituted “level 4”;\n(iii) in subsection (6) (minor representing himself to be of full age for purpose of being in licensed premises) for “level 2” there shall be substituted “level 3”;\n(i) in section 62—\n(i) in subsection (6)(a) (selling, etc., intoxicating liquor to a minor) for “level 3 on the standard scale” there shall be substituted “level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both”;\n(ii) in subsection (6)(b) (minor buying, etc., intoxicating liquor) for “level 2” there shall be substituted “level 3”;\n(iii) in subsection (8) (minor representing himself to be of full age for purpose of obtaining, etc., intoxicating liquor) for “level 2” there shall be substituted “level 3”;\n(j) in section 63(1) (permitting drunkenness or disorderly conduct in licensed premises or selling liquor to a drunken person) for “level 3” there shall be substituted “level 4”;\n(k) in section 65(2) (failure to leave licensed premises on request of the holder of the licence or a constable) for “level 3” there shall be substituted “level 4”;\n(l) in section 69(1) (person found on unlicensed premises where intoxicating liquor is sold or consumed) for “level 3” there shall be substituted “level 4”;\n(m) in section 73(2) (failure to comply with court order) for the words from “£5” onwards there shall be substituted “level 4 on the standard scale or imprisonment for 3 months or both”;\n(n) in paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 5 (failure to comply with court order) for the words from “£5” onwards there shall be substituted “level 4 on the standard scale or imprisonment for 3 months or both”.\n(2) Nothing in this Article shall affect the punishment for an offence committed before this Article comes into operation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/1277/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:56.705174+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."
}