{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-clubs-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-clubs-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-31.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/3159",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-clubs-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Misconduct of registered clubs",
  "text": "(1) Where, because of the manner in which a registered club is being managed or carried on, registration of the club is cancelled on a ground mentioned in Article 8(3)(c)(i) or (4)(b) or (c), every official of the club shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(2) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1) it shall be a defence for a person to prove that he exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence.\n(3) Where any of the provisions specified in Schedule 1 (other than paragraph 14) which are included in the rules of a registered club are contravened—\n(a) the registered club; and\n(b) every official of the club at the time of the contravention;\nshall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/3159/article/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:33.704280+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."
}