The Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2001

Special Occasions licensing hours

4.—(1) The Special Occasions licensing hours shall (subject to any Special Occasions 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 Special Occasions licensing hours are the period between—

(a) the end of the permitted hours in the premises on 31st December 2001; 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 2001).

(3) If there are no permitted hours in the premises on 31st December 2001, there are no Special Occasions licensing hours in those premises.

(4) In determining for the purposes of paragraph (2) above when any permitted hours end or begin, this article and any Special Occasions 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 the Licensing Act 1964, 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 the Licensing Act 1964; and

(b) fall immediately before hours added by virtue of 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 Special Occasions 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 article.