Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021

Body corporate: change of directors

26.—(1) In Article 4 of the Licensing Order (persons to whom licences may be granted), at the end insert—

“(5) Where a person becomes or ceases to be a director of a body corporate which is the holder of a licence, the body must, within the period of 28 days of that change taking effect, serve notice of the change upon—

(a) the chief clerk; and

(b) the district commander of the police district in which any premises to which the licence applies are situated.

(6) A person who contravenes paragraph (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.”.

(2) In Article 72 of the Licensing Order (suspension of licence), after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) The grounds specified in Article 15(2)(b) (fitness to hold licence) include the grounds that, following a person becoming or ceasing to be a director of a body corporate which is the holder of the licence in question, the body is no longer fit to hold the licence.”.

(3) In Part 3 of Schedule 10A to the Licensing Order (penalty points for offences punishable with level 5 fine), insert at the appropriate place—

“4(6)

Failure to notify courts and police of change of directorships

5-6”