PART IIIPERMITTED HOURS
The permitted hours
Alternative permitted hours for off-sales43
1
In respect of premises of a kind mentioned in Article 5(1)(a),—
a
a county court which grants a licence or declares a licence provisionally granted to be final, on the application of the person applying for the grant or declaration, or
b
a court of summary jurisdiction, at any time, upon the application of the holder of the licence for those premises made in compliance with the procedure set out in Schedule 9,
may, by order, direct that the permitted hours for a part of the premises for which the court imposes a condition under paragraph (2) shall be the hours mentioned in Article 42(2).
2
A court shall not make an order under paragraph (1) unless it is satisfied—
a
that a specified part of the premises is structurally adapted for the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption off the premises, and
b
that the specified part is not connected by any internal means of passage open to customers with a part of the premises used for the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption in the premises,
and the court may insert in the licence a condition that the specified part shall not be used for the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption in the premises.
3
An order under paragraph (1) and the condition, if any, inserted under paragraph (2) may be revoked by a court of summary jurisdiction—
a
on the application of the holder of the licence; or
b
where, upon complaint made under Part VIII of the [1981 NI 26.] Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, the court is not satisfied, in a case where the order was made under paragraph (1), that the condition mentioned in paragraph (2) has been, and the requirements of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of that paragraph have continued to be, complied with.