http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3205/article/1/made

The Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2002

Entertainment licences

Liquor licences

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2011-07-04

REGULATORY REFORM

This Order is made under section 1 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001. It reforms the law relating to licensing hours which has the effect of imposing burdens on people carrying out certain activities with a view to reducing those burdens in respect of New Year’s Eve. It does so by amending provisions in the Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2001 to allow the sale of intoxicating liquor in licensed premises (other than off-licences), in registered clubs and in licensed canteens in the period between what would otherwise be the end of the permitted hours on New Year’s Eve and the beginning of permitted hours on the following day.