PART VMISCELLANEOUS
F1Code of practice
Code of practice41K
1
Where a person or group of persons which the Department considers to have a relevant interest produces a relevant code of practice, the Department may approve the code.
2
A person or group has a “relevant interest” if the person or group—
a
is representative of registered clubs, or
b
is representative of persons whose business involves the production of intoxicating liquor, or
c
is representative of persons whose business involves dealing wholesale in intoxicating liquor, or
d
is engaged in research into, or otherwise has an interest in, the effects of the consumption of intoxicating liquor on personal or public health or on public order.
3
A code of practice is relevant if it relates to the display or supply, or activities designed to promote the supply or consumption, of intoxicating liquor in registered clubs.
4
Where the Department approves a relevant code of practice, it must give notice of its approval in the Belfast Gazette.
5
Before deciding whether to approve a relevant code of practice, the Department must consult the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
6
Where a person or group of the kind referred to in paragraph (1) amends a relevant code of practice, the Department may approve the amendments; and paragraphs (4) and (5) apply in relation to approving an amendment as they apply in relation to approving a code, unless the Department does not consider the amendment significant enough for those paragraphs to apply.
7
The Department may withdraw its approval of a relevant code or of an amendment to it; and paragraphs (4) and (5) apply in relation to withdrawing approval of a code or amendment as they apply in relation to approving it.
Art. 41K and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2022) by Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 7), ss. 41(1), 47(2); S.R. 2022/180, arts. 1(2), 2, Sch.