The Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2002

UK Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 3205 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created

0recorded in force

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Made: 20 December 2002
In force from: 21 December 2002
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Alcohol licensing, gambling, smoke-free and public health
Made under: Parliament as required by section 6 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001, Regulatory Reform Act 2001

Explanatory note

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This Order is made under section 1 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001. It reforms the law relating to licensing hours which has the effect of imposing burdens on people carrying out certain activities with a view to reducing those burdens in respect of New Year’s Eve. It does so by amending provisions in the Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2001 to allow the sale of intoxicating liquor in licensed premises (other than off-licences), in registered clubs and in licensed canteens in the period between what would otherwise be the end of the permitted hours on New Year’s Eve and the beginning of permitted hours on the following day. Provision is also made for reforming the law relating to the licensing of public entertainments, in particular the licensing of public music and dancing, with a view to reducing the burdens it imposes on people carrying out certain activities where they take place at New Year’s Eve. The effect of the Order is to allow premises in respect of which there are Special Occasions licensing hours, and in respect of which there is an entertainment licence in force, to be kept open on New Year’s Eve and during the Special Occasions licensing hours for any purposes authorised by the entertainment licence beyond the time authorised by the licence itself.

Offences created by this instrument

No person shall be guilty of an offence under paragraph 10(2) of this Schedule by reason only of the premises being… article 3 · Status not determined · Strict liability
No person shall be guilty of an offence under paragraph 12(2) above by reason only of the premises being kept open on… article 4 · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Licensing Commons · Commons Chamber · 18 December 2002
That the draft Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2002, which was laid before this House on 17th December 2002, be approved.— [Dan Norris.] Question agreed to.
Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2002 Lords · Lords Chamber · 19 December 2002 · Baroness Blackstone
rose to move, That the draft regulatory reform order laid before the House on 17th December be approved [6th Report from the Regulatory Reform Committee]. The noble Baroness said: My Lords, as we complete our final business before the Christmas and New Year recess begins, the order before noble Lords is, appropriately, the Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2002, which has effect in England and Wales. The order amends the Licensing Act 1964, and puts in place a permanent relaxation of licensing hours on each subsequent New Year's Eve. The order extends licensing hours…
Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2002 Lords · Lords Chamber · 19 December 2002 · Baroness Blackstone
My Lords, I do not feel particularly strongly about the title of the order. What matters is that it does the job properly. I believe that the reason that it is called the Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2002 is that it is an amending order to last year's order, which was for special occasions because it covered the Golden Jubilee. The noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, asked about off-licences. The order does not affect off-licences. On timing, I accept that the order is late for which I apologise. The process of policy development and the statutory timetable described by the…
Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2002 Lords · Lords Chamber · 19 December 2002

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