Registration of Clubs (Required Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Clubs (Required Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 25th March 1997.

(2) In these Regulations—

“grant of registration” means the grant of registration by a county court in respect of premises of a club for the purposes of supplying, or keeping for supply, intoxicating liquor to its members and their guests on club premises and “renewal of registration” means the renewal of such registration by a court of summary jurisdiction or, as the case may be, by a clerk of petty sessions;

“the Order” means the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;

“required information” means the information, particulars and documents with respect to a club, its officials, members, objects, activities, accounts and financial standing, which is required to be attached to the notice of application served by the secretary of a club when applying for a grant of registration under Article 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Order or when the notice of application is served by the secretary of a club when applying for renewal of the registration of a club under Article 7 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Order, copied in either case to the sub-divisional commander and the district council mentioned in those Schedules.