The Deregulation (Sunday Licensing) Order 2001

6.—(1) Section 76 (permitted hours where special hours certificate in force)(1) of the 1964 Act shall be amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the permitted hours on Sundays in any premises or part of premises to which this section applies shall extend until thirty minutes past midnight in the morning following, except that—

(a) the permitted hours shall end at midnight on any Sunday on which music and dancing is not or, in the case of casino premises, gaming facilities are not provided after midnight;

(b) where music and dancing end or, in the case of casino premises, gaming ends between midnight on any Sunday and thirty minutes past midnight, the permitted hours on that Sunday shall end when the music and dancing end or, as the case may be, when the gaming ends; and

(c) in any premises or part for which a certificate is in force subject to a limitation imposed in relation to Sundays in pursuance of section 78A or 81A of this Act, the permitted hours shall not extend beyond the time specified in the certificate.

(3B) In relation to any Sunday which falls immediately before a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(2), other than Easter Sunday, subsection (3A) shall have effect—

(a) in the case of premises which are situated as mentioned in subsection (3), with the substitution for the references to thirty minutes past midnight in the morning following of references to three o'clock in the morning following; and

(b) in the case of any other premises, with the substitution for the references to thirty minutes past midnight in the morning following of references to two o'clock in the morning following.”.

(3) After subsection (6) insert:

“(6A) Subsections (3A) and (3B) shall not apply to a certificate granted before the coming into force of those subsections or to a certificate granted after that time that does not extend to Sundays; but any such certificate may be varied by the licensing justices or, as the case may be, magistrates' court on the application of the licensee or club.”.

(1)

Section 76 has been amended but the amendments are not relevant to the subject matter of this Order.

(2)

1971 c. 80.