8.—(1) A person responsible for premises which are authorised for the sale or supply of alcohol may not sell or supply alcohol between 10.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m.
(2) Where the premises are authorised for the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises, the person responsible for the premises—
(a)must close the premises (to customers) at or before 10.20 p.m. each day, and
(b)may not open the premises before 6.00 a.m. each day.
(3) Despite sub-paragraph (2), a cinema or theatre may close later than 10.20 p.m. but only for the purpose of concluding—
(a)the showing of a film, or
(b)a performance,
which begins before 10.00 p.m.
(4) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to—
(a)premises located in—
(i)a sea port;
(ii)an airport;
(iii)an educational establishment;
(b)workplace canteens.
(5) In its application to the premises of holiday or travel accommodation, sub-paragraph (2) applies only to those parts of the premises in which alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on the premises.
(6) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not allow the premises to be open, or alcohol to be sold or supplied, in contravention of an authorisation granted or given in respect of the premises.
(7) Where regulated premises not authorised for the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises allow customers to consume their own alcohol on the premises, sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) apply to those premises as they apply to premises that are authorised for the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises.