Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill: Consideration Stage

Part of Executive Committee Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 8:15 pm on 8 June 2021.

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Photo of Roy Beggs Roy Beggs UUP 8:15, 8 June 2021

I will not call amendment No 5 as it is mutually exclusive with amendment No 4, which has been made.

Amendment No 6 made:

In page 5, line 34, at end insert -

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“(4) After paragraph (3) of that Article insert—


 


‘(4) A person who intends to make an application under this Article shall—


 


(a) during the 3 weeks before the first occasion to which the application relates, cause notice of the application to be displayed on or near the premises for which the authorisation is to be sought;


 


(b) not less than 3 weeks before that time, serve a copy of the notice of the application on the district council for the district in which the premises are situated.


 


(5) The notice under paragraph (4) must specify the kind of premises to which the application relates and must contain such information as may be prescribed by magistrates’ courts rules.


 


(6) The following provisions of this Article apply where a complaint is made to a court of summary jurisdiction under Part 8 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 on the grounds—


 


(a) that the business carried on in premises to which an authorisation under this Article applies is being conducted during the hours mentioned in paragraph (1) or any period immediately following their termination in such a manner as to cause undue inconvenience to persons residing in the vicinity of the premises; or


 


(b) that such hours are causing undue inconvenience to persons residing in the vicinity of the premises.


 


(7) Where the court is satisfied that the grounds of the complaint are made out, it may—


 


(a) revoke the authorisation; or


 


(b) modify the authorisation or, in relation to the authorisation, the hours mentioned in paragraph (1); or


 


(c) make the continuance of the authorisation subject to such terms and conditions as the court thinks fit.


 


(8) The terms and conditions which may be imposed under paragraph (7)(c) include those requested by the district commander of the police district in which the premises are situated.’” — [Ms Hargey (The Minister for Communities).]