Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982

7 Refreshments etc. on licensed premises

(1) In section 1 of the [1969 c. 53.] Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 (meaning of " late night refreshment house ") for the words from " a house ", in the second place where those words occur, to the end of the section there shall be substituted the words " exempt licensed premises ".

(2) The said section 1, as amended by subsection (1) above, shall be renumbered so as to become section 1(1) of the said Act; and at the end of the resulting subsection (1) there shall be added as subsections (2) and (3)—

“(2) In subsection (1) above " exempt licensed premises " means a house, room, shop or building which—

(i) is licensed for the sale of beer, cider, wine or spirits ; and

(ii) is not kept open for public refreshment, resort and entertainment at any time between normal evening closing time and 5 o'clock of the following morning.

(3) In subsection (2) above " normal evening closing time " means—

(a) in relation to premises with permitted hours in the evening, a time thirty minutes after the end of those hours ; and

(b) in relation to premises without permitted hours in the evening, 10 o'clock at night;

and in this subsection " permitted hours " means the hours specified in section 60 of the [1964 c. 26.] Licensing Act 1964 as modified by any other provision of that Act.”.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall come into force at the expiration of the period of three months beginning with the date on which this Act is passed.

(4) Nothing in this section affects premises in Greater London.