Licensing Act 1964 (repealed)

Millennium licensing hours E+W

1 (1) The Millennium licensing hours shall (subject to any Millennium restriction order) be added to the permitted hours in–

(a) licensed premises, other than premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption off the premises only; and

(b) premises in respect of which a club is registered.

(2) The Millennium licensing hours are the period between–

(a) the end of the permitted hours in the premises on 31st December 1999; and

(b) the beginning of the permitted hours in the premises on the following day (or, if there are no permitted hours in the premises on that day, midnight on 31st December 1999).

(3) If there are no permitted hours in the premises on 31st December 1999, there are no Millennium licensing hours in those premises.

(4) In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above when any permitted hours end or begin, this paragraph and any Millennium restriction order shall be disregarded (but anything which for the time being adds to or restricts the permitted hours by virtue of any other provision of this Act, including section 68 or 70, shall be taken into account).

(5) Hours which–

(a) are comprised in the permitted hours for limited purposes by virtue of section 68 or 70 of this Act; and

(b) fall immediately before hours added by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above,

shall be added to the permitted hours for all purposes.

(6) No special order of exemption shall be made to add to the permitted hours in any premises any hours which would otherwise be comprised in the Millennium licensing hours for those premises.

(7) Where the permitted hours are different in different parts of the same premises, each such part shall be treated as separate premises for the purposes of this paragraph.