The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1996 No. 3159 — creates 28 criminal offences.

Made

19 December 1996

In force from

20 February 1997

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Alcohol licensing, gambling, smoke-free and public health

Made under

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

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.

The Order consolidates with amendments the law relating to the registration of clubs. The principal amendments are— a the waiting period for a grant of registration is reduced to 1 year; b registration is valid for up to 5 years; c clubs awaiting registration will be required to have in place, and adhere to, rules similar to those required for registered clubs and the police right of entry to registered clubs is extended to cover clubs during the waiting period; d the compulsory afternoon break in the permitted hours on Sunday is abolished; e children, in the company of an adult, are to be allowed in registered clubs which are certified in that respect; f the number of special occasion authorisations which clubs can avail themselves of is increased to 52 in any year; g the Department is enabled to make provision, by regulation, as to the form of accounts which clubs are required to produce; and h penalty points are to be attributed where a registered club or an official of a registered club is convicted of certain offences and are to be taken into account if the club or an official of the club is convicted of a further such offence.

Offences created by this instrument

• Prohibition of supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours article 22(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Closing of bar outside permitted hours article 23(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Unlawful supply and consumption, etc., in registered clubs article 28(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Unauthorised persons in certain parts of club premises article 29(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Unauthorised persons in certain parts of club premises article 29(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Restriction on supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor of a club article 3(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
• Misconduct of registered clubs article 31(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Young persons prohibited from bars article 32(10) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Young persons prohibited from bars article 32(12) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Young persons prohibited from bars article 32(14) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Young persons prohibited from bars article 32(9) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Children’s certificates article 33(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor to young persons article 34(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Drunkenness in registered clubs article 35(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Drunkenness in registered clubs article 35(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Procuring drink for drunken person article 36(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Procuring drink for drunken person article 36(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Procuring drink for drunken person article 36(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Power to exclude drunken persons, etc., from registered clubs article 37(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Restrictions on advertisements relating to functions in registered clubs article 38(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Accounts of registered clubs, etc article 40(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Notification of alteration of rules, etc., of registered clubs article 41(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Provision for inspection and rights of entry article 42(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Provision for inspection and rights of entry article 42(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Endorsement of certificates of registration article 44(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Procedure in connection with cancellation and disqualification article 49(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.

• Betting And Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 Lords · Lords Chamber · 20 January 2004 · Baroness Amos

  My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken for the support they gave the order. The noble Lord, Lord Glentoran, was concerned about possible social hardship. As the package of measures is so modest, we do not consider that it will increase the social dangers of gambling for vulnerable people, but I take the noble Lord's point and I welcome his comments on the importance of transparency in the policing and management of the issue. The noble Lord, Lord Laird, asked a number of questions. On detriment he was particularly concerned about employment protection. All track betting workers…

• Degrees Of Affinity Referred To In Paragraphs (2C) And (2D) Lords · Lords Chamber · 17 November 2004

  Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/ 3159 (N.I. 23))

How Parliament handled it

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• Other instruments from 1996