(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order makes miscellaneous amendments to the Licensing Act (Northern Ireland) 1971. The main amendments are—
a
to prohibit the consumption of intoxicating liquor at entertainments organised for gain;
b
to provide new general permitted hours for off-sales;
c
to extend the permitted hours for public houses, airport refreshment rooms and theatres to the same hours on Sunday and Christmas Day as for hotels and restaurants;
d
to provide for public houses which meet certain standards to have the same additional permitted hours as hotels and restaurants;
e
to extend the places of public entertainment which may obtain a licence;
f
to provide for public houses to keep accommodation for guests;
g
to enable the court to suspend the operation of certain aspects of the licence; and
h
to increase the penalties for certain offences.