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The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

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Penalty for opening licensed premises during period of suspension

74.  Where the holder of a licence himself or by his servant or agent sells intoxicating liquor or makes it available for purchase in the premises or permits it to be consumed in the premises—

(a)on any day on which the licence for the premises is suspended, or

(b)in the case of premises to which an order under Article 73(3) applies, outside the permitted hours specified in Article 42(1),

he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and the court shall order the licence to be suspended for a period or, as the case may be, an additional period of not less than 1 month or more than 1 year.

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