The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

PART I TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

1.  Notwithstanding the repeal of Articles 7(2) and 10(i) of the [1987 NI 14.] Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 by Article 52(4) and Schedule 9, those Articles shall continue to have effect in relation to registrations granted or renewed before this Order came into operation as if for 31st January there were substituted 31st March.

2.—(1) Where, before the date on which this Order comes into operation, a notice of application under paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 has been served by the secretary of a club which intends to make application for the grant of registration, that notice shall be deemed to have been served under paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to this Order and—

(a) in a case where that notice was served more than 1 year before that date, if, at the time of the opening of the court sittings at which the application is to be made; or

(b) in a case where that notice was served less than 1 year before that date, if—

(i) not more than 8 weeks from that date; or

(ii) at the time of the opening of the court sittings at which the application is to be made; whichever first occurs,

the rules of the club contain the provisions specified in paragraphs 1 to 13 and 19 of Schedule 1, the secretary of the club may make an application under Article 5 for registration of the club.

(2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) shall apply Article 40, in so far as it relates to a club which has served a notice under paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 2, to any such club before this Order comes into operation.