The Licensing (Register of Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 23

Licensing

The Licensing (Register of Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

30th January 2012

Coming into operation

1st May 2012

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by Article 34(1) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1) and now vested in it(2).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Licensing (Register of Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2012.

Amendment of the Licensing (Register of Licences) Regulations

2.  In column 4 of the Schedule to The Licensing (Register of Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(3) insert—

“(iii)any conviction of any offence under this Order, any penalty points endorsed on the licence or any suspension in consequence of the conviction and the result of any appeal.”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 30th January 2012

(L.S.)

Michael Daly

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Licensing (Register of Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 so that particulars of any conviction for any offence under the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, and of any penalty points endorsed on a licence or any suspension order and the result of any appeal are recorded in the register of licences.

(1)

S.I. 1996/3158 (N.I. 22) as amended by Section 17 and Schedule 3 to the Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c.18 (N.I.)

(2)

See Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)