# Licensing of Pavement Cafés Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, Section 1: Meaning of “pavement café licence” and other key terms


(1) In this Act a “pavement café licence” means a licence authorising the licence holder to place on a public area (identified by the licence) temporary furniture for use for the consumption of food or drink supplied, in the course of a business carried on by the licence holder, in or from premises specified in the licence.
(2) In this Act “a public area” means a place in the open air—
(a) to which the public has access, without payment, as of right; and
(b) which is not in a market area.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, “furniture” means all or any of the following—
(a) tables;
(b) chairs;
(c) umbrellas, barriers, heaters and other articles for facilitating the use, by persons consuming food or drink, of tables and chairs in a public area.
(4) For the purposes of this Act, furniture placed on a public area by or on behalf of a person is “temporary” if that person can remove, or cause to be removed, all of it in 20 minutes.
(5) In subsection (4) “remove” means remove to a place which is not a public area.
(6) In this Act “supplied”, in relation to food or drink, means supplied to members of the public or of a section of the public.
(7) In this Act references to placing a thing are to placing it personally or by an employee or agent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/9/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-of-pavement-cafes-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-1
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