# The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, Article 33: Supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor to young persons


(1) A registered club shall not—
(a) supply intoxicating liquor to a person under the age of 18; or
(b) supply intoxicating liquor to any person for consumption by a person under the age of 18 in the premises of the club; or
(c) permit any person under the age of 18 to consume intoxicating liquor in any part of the premises of the club.
(2) If paragraph (1) is contravened—
(a) the registered club; and
(b) every person entered in the register of clubs as an official or member of the committee of management or governing body of the club at the time of the contravention; and
(c) the person supplying the intoxicating liquor or, as the case may be, permitting the consumption of the intoxicating liquor;
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(3) In any proceedings for an offence by reason of a contravention of paragraph (1) it shall be a defence for a person to prove—
(a) the contravention occurred without his consent or connivance and that he exercised due diligence to prevent it; or
(b) that he had good reason to believe that the person under the age of 18 had attained that age.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/1278/article/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-clubs-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-33
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