# The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990, Paragraph 1


Except in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3, a licence shall be treated as a subsisting licence only if the business authorised by the licence has been regularly carried on throughout, or for a substantial part of, the year immediately preceding the date of its surrender or, where the licence has not been in force for a year, the period from the date when it was granted to the date of its surrender.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1990/594/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-northern-ireland-order-1990/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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