The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1987 No. 1278 — creates 33 criminal offences.

Made

21 July 1987

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Alcohol licensing, gambling, smoke-free and public health

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order— a provides for clubs to be registered by a county court and establishes a procedure for these registrations; b provides for general permitted hours in registered clubs similar to the permitted hours in licensed premises; c makes it an offence for a person under the age of 18 to be in the bar of a registered club or to be supplied with intoxicating liquor; d makes it an offence to be drunk or to permit drunkenness in a registered club; e makes new provision in respect of the right of the police to enter and inspect club premises; and f otherwise consolidates the statutory provisions relating to the registration of clubs.

Offences created by this instrument

• Prohibition of supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours article 20(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Prohibition of supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours article 20(2)(c) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Closing of bar outside permitted hours article 21(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Penalty for supplying or keeping intoxicating liquor in unregistered clubs article 27(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Penalty for supplying or keeping intoxicating liquor in unregistered clubs article 27(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Penalty for supplying or keeping intoxicating liquor in unregistered clubs article 27(2)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Unlawful supply and consumption, etc., in registered clubs article 28(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Unlawful supply and consumption, etc., in registered clubs article 28(2)(c) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Unlawful supply and consumption, etc., in registered clubs article 28(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Presence of unauthorised persons in certain parts of club premises article 29(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Presence of unauthorised persons in certain parts of club premises article 29(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Functions in registered clubs article 30(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Misconduct of registered clubs article 31(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Young persons prohibited from bars article 32(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Young persons prohibited from bars article 32(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Young persons prohibited from bars article 32(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor to young persons article 33(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Drunkenness in registered club article 34(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Drunkenness in registered club article 34(2)(c) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Drunkenness in registered club article 34(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Procuring drink for drunken person article 35(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Procuring drink for drunken person article 35(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Procuring drink for drunken person article 35(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Power to exclude drunken persons, etc., from registered club article 36(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Provision for inspection and rights of entry article 37(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Provision for inspection and rights of entry article 37(2)(d) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Provision for inspection and rights of entry article 37(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Provision for inspection and rights of entry article 37(6)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Restrictions on advertisements relating to functions in registered clubs article 39(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Restrictions on advertisements relating to functions in registered clubs article 39(1)(c) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Accounts of registered clubs article 41(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Notification of alteration of rules of registered clubs article 42(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Procedure in connection with cancellation and disqualification article 46(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

• Registration Of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Commons · Commons Chamber · 14 July 1987 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Richard Needham)

  I beg to move, That the draft Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, which was laid before this House on 2nd July, be approved. This is the second and, I hope, less controversial part of the package of reforms. However, it is equally important and I am glad that this measure had the support of the Assembly when it was debated there. The order repeals the existing Northern Ireland law contained in the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Act 1967. It deals with the registration of clubs to permit them to supply alcohol to members. It contains many new provisions to…

• Registration Of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Commons · Commons Chamber · 14 July 1987

  Resolved, That the draft Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, which was laid before this House on 2nd July, be approved.

• Registration Of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 Lords · Lords Chamber · 16 July 1987
• Licensing Law (Northern Ireland) Commons · Commons Chamber · 7 November 1996 · Mr. Moss

  We are considering two orders, which together form a package of reforms. One deals with the licensing of premises such as public houses, hotels and restaurants, the other with the registration of private clubs in Northern Ireland to permit them to supply alcohol to members. The orders consolidate, with amendments, existing Northern Ireland law in the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 and the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987. A wide-ranging review of the laws on alcohol began in December 1992 with a review of the laws on registered clubs. A review of the licensing…

• Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 Lords · Lords Chamber · 26 November 1996

  These orders consolidate, with amendments, existing Northern Ireland law which is contained in the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 and the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987—by this evening's standards quite recent legislation. A wide ranging review of the laws on alcohol began in December 1992 with a review of the laws on registered clubs. A review of the licensing laws was instigated in February 1994 after it became clear that much common ground existed between clubs and licensing laws.

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