PART IIIPERMITTED HOURS

The permitted hours

Authorisations for additional permitted hours45

1

On the application of a holder of a licence for premises of a kind mentioned in Article 5(1)(a) other than premises to which an order under Article 44 applies, not less than 7 days before the occasion to which the application relates, the sub-divisional commander for the police sub-division in which the premises are situated may, in writing, authorise the holder of the licence to sell intoxicating liquor during the hours—

a

on week-days from 11 in the evening to 1 in the morning of the day next following, or

b

on Sunday, not being 31st December, from 10 in the evening to 12 in the evening, or

c

on Sunday, being 31st December, from 10 in the evening to 1 in the morning of the day next following;

in addition to the hours mentioned in Article 42(1), on any 1 occasion specified in the authorisation, and any additional hours authorised under this Article shall be included in the permitted hours for those premises.

2

Not more than 20 authorisations shall be granted under this Article to any holder of a licence in any year.

3

Nothing in this Article shall permit an authorisation under paragraph (1) to authorise the sale of intoxicating liquor—

a

on Christmas Day, Easter Day or Good Friday; or

b

to a person admitted to the premises less than 30 minutes before the end of the hours mentioned in that paragraph.