# The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Article 31: Misconduct of registered clubs


(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.
(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.
(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—
(a) the registered club; and
(b) every official of the club at the time of the contravention;
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/3159/article/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-clubs-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-31
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