PART 1LICENSING

Permitted hours

I1I22Removal of restrictions on late opening for on-sales on Sunday

1

In Article 30 of the Licensing Order (occasional licences), in paragraph (1)(c), for paragraphs (ii) and (iii) substitute—

ii

on Sundays, between half past 12 in the afternoon and 1 in the morning of the day next following,

2

In Article 42 of the Licensing Order (general permitted hours)—

a

in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (a) and the following “and” insert—

aa

on Sundays, other than Christmas Day, from half past 12 in the afternoon to 11 in the evening; and

b

in paragraph (1)(c), for the words from “except” to “Christmas Day” substitute “on Christmas Day,”, and

c

in paragraph (3), for “paragraph (1)(c)” substitute “paragraph (1)(aa) and (c)”.

3

In Article 42 of the Licensing Order, after paragraph (1) insert—

1A

Neither paragraph (1)(aa) nor, in a year when Christmas Day is on a Sunday, paragraph (1)(c) applies in the case of premises of a kind mentioned in Article 5(1)(a) with respect to which a direction under Article 7(10) or 15(5)(a) is in force.

4

In Article 44 of the Licensing Order (orders for additional permitted hours), in paragraph (2), for the words from “the hours—” to “shall” substitute “the hours on any day from 11 in the evening to 1 in the morning of the day next following shall”.

5

In Article 45 of that Order (authorisations for additional permitted hours), in paragraph (1), for the words from “the hours—” to “in addition to” substitute “the hours on any day from 11 in the evening to 1 in the morning of the day next following in addition to”.

6

In Article 47 of that Order (extension licences), in paragraph (1)(b), for paragraphs (ii) and (iii) substitute—

ii

on Sundays, between half past 12 in the afternoon and 1 in the morning of the day next following,