http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/3159/contents/2006-01-01The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2022-12-022006-01-01The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996art. 31BLicensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011s. 11s. 18The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 PART IINTRODUCTORY1Title and commencement2InterpretationPART IIREGISTRATION OF CLUBS3Restriction on supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor on the premises of a club4Clubs which may be registeredGrant of registration5Grant of registration6Issue and duration of certificates of registrationRenewal of registration7Renewal of registration8Renewal of registration by a court9Power to renew registration out of time10Continuance of registration pending determination of appeal11Duration of renewed certificates of registrationContinuance of club in temporary premises12Continuance of club in temporary premisesCancellation of registration13Cancellation of registration14Continuance of registration pending determination of appeal against cancellation15Disqualification of premises on refusal of renewal or cancellation of registrationRegister and proof of certificate of registration16Register of clubs17Inspection of register18Returns to Department19Register of clubs to be evidence20Proof, etc., of certificates of registration21Effect of registrationPART IIIPERMITTED HOURSProhibition of supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours22Prohibition of supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours23Closing of bar outside permitted hours24General permitted hoursException25Consumption after permitted hours of liquor supplied during those hoursSpecial occasion authorisations26Authorisations for special occasionsMiscellaneous27Defence in respect of consumption of intoxicating liquor by certain persons outside permitted hoursPART IVCONDUCT OF REGISTERED CLUBS28Unlawful supply and consumption, etc., in registered clubs29Unauthorised persons in certain parts of club premises30Functions in registered clubs31Misconduct of registered clubsSpecial provisions with respect to young persons32Young persons prohibited from bars33Children's certificates34Supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor to young personsPreservation of order35Drunkenness in registered clubs36Procuring drink for drunken person37Power to exclude drunken persons, etc., from registered clubsMiscellaneous38Restrictions on advertisements relating to functions in registered clubs39Admission of visiting teams, etc.40Accounts of registered clubs, etc.41Notification of alteration of rules, etc., of registered clubsPART VMISCELLANEOUSInspection and rights of entry42Provision for inspection and rights of entryLegal proceedings43Penalty points to be attributed to an offence44Endorsement of certificates of registration45Cancellation of registration for repeated offences46Disqualification of premises on conviction of offence47Proof of consumption of intoxicating liquor48Appeals49Procedure in connection with cancellation and disqualification50Proceedings against clubsSupplemental51Exemptions52Modifications of Schedules, amendments, transitional and saving provisions and repealsSCHEDULESSCHEDULE 1PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN RULES OF CLUB1The business and affairs of the club shall be under the management of a committee...2Elections to the committee or governing body shall be held annually and, if all the...3The committee or governing body shall hold periodical meetings.4The names and address of persons proposed as ordinary members of the club shall be...5All members of a club shall be elected by the whole body of members having...6If persons are elected as members by a procedure which does not comply with paragraph...7Persons shall not be admitted in such numbers to membership not carrying rights of voting...8No persons shall be allowed to become honorary members of the club or be relieved...9There shall be a defined subscription payable by members on election and thereafter annually by...10An alphabetical list of the names and addresses of every official and member of the...11The same person, except where that person is a parent, spouse, civil partner or child...12A guest of a member shall not be admitted to the club premises except in...13A person, on payment of a fee to a sporting club in respect of any...14A member shall be responsible for his guest strictly observing the rules and shall not...15No official, and no manager or servant employed in the club, shall have any personal...16No person shall be paid at the expense of the club any commission, percentage or...17No person shall, directly or indirectly, derive any pecuniary benefit from the supply of intoxicating...18Intoxicating liquor shall not be supplied for consumption outside the premises of the club.19The date of the end of the financial year of the club.SCHEDULE 2APPLICATIONS FOR THE GRANT OF REGISTRATION1(1) The secretary of a club which intends to make an application for the grant...2(1) The notices mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be in such form and shall contain...3The sub-divisional commander mentioned in paragraph 1(1)(a)(i), the district council mentioned in paragraph 1(1)(a)(ii) or...4A person intending to object under paragraph 3 shall, not less than 1 week before...5The secretary of a club which intends to make an application for a children's certificate...SCHEDULE 3APPLICATIONS FOR THE RENEWAL OF REGISTRATIONPART IGENERAL PROCEDURE1The Department shall, during the month of January in each year, cause notice that registrations...2The clerk of petty sessions for each petty sessions district shall, not less than 6...3The secretary of a club which intends to make an application for the renewal of...4(1) The notices mentioned in paragraph 3 shall be in such form and shall contain...5The sub-divisional commander mentioned in paragraph 3(b)(i), the district council mentioned in paragraph 3(b)(ii) or...6A person intending to object under paragraph 5 shall, not less than 1 week before...7Before the renewal date the applicant shall deposit the certificate of registration with the clerk...PART IIPROCEDURE FOR RENEWALS OUT OF TIME8Part I shall apply in relation to an application under Article 9 for the renewal...SCHEDULE 4APPLICATIONS FOR AUTHORISATIONS OF CONTINUANCE OF CLUBS IN TEMPORARY PREMISES1In this Schedule “application” means an application for an order authorising the continuance of a...2The secretary of a club which intends to make an application shall, not less than...3The notice mentioned in paragraph 2 shall specify the premises to which the application relates...4The sub-divisional commander upon whom notice is required by paragraph 2 to be served may...5The court may consider the application, notwithstanding that the procedure set out in this Schedule...SCHEDULE 5APPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN'S CERTIFICATES1In this Schedule “application” means an application for a children's certificate.2The secretary of a club which intends to make an application shall, not less than...3The notice mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be in such form and shall contain such...4The sub-divisional commander mentioned in paragraph 2(a), the district council mentioned in paragraph 2(b) or...5A person intending to object under paragraph 4 shall, not less than 1 week before...6The court may consider the application, notwithstanding that the procedure set out in this Schedule...SCHEDULE 6TABLE OF OFFENCES WITH PENALTY POINTSSchedule 7—AmendmentsSCHEDULE 8TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGSPART ITRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS1Notwithstanding the repeal of Articles 7(2) and 10(1) of the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland)...2(1) Where, before the date on which this Order comes into operation, a notice of...PART IISAVINGS3References in any document (whether express or implied) to any statutory provision repealed by this...4The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect without prejudice to section 29 of the...Schedule 9—Repeals1996 No. 3159 (N.I. 23)The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 F119th December 1996Annotations:Amendments (Textual)F1functions transf. by SR 1999/481
functions transf. by SR 1999/481