The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990

Miscellaneous

Persons found on licensed premises outside permitted hours, etc.

55.—(1) Where a person is found on licensed premises outside the permitted hours or any period such as is mentioned in Article 53,—

(a) he shall, unless he proves that he is there for a lawful purpose, be guilty of an offence; and

(b) the holder of the licence if, himself or by his servant or agent, he permits that person to be there and does not prove that he is there for a lawful purpose shall be guilty of an offence;

and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(2) Where, on being asked by a constable for his name and address, a person found on licensed premises outside the permitted hours or such a period as aforesaid—

(a) refuses to give them; or

(b) gives a false name or address; or

(c) refuses to answer satisfactorily any question put to him to ascertain the correctness of the name or address given,

he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

Power of Secretary of State to vary hours in certain circumstances

56.  Where it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for the preservation of public order that the permitted hours should be restricted or there should be no permitted hours, he may by order direct that in such place or places as may be specified in the order and on such day or days, not exceeding 3 in number, and in premises of such kind or kinds as may be so specified the permitted hours shall be the hours so specified or there shall be no permitted hours.