F1Pt. 4A inserted (10.12.2012) by Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 18), ss. 1(1), 18; S.R. 2012/420, art. 2, Sch.
69C—(1) Where, before the end of the period for which licensed premises are to be closed under a closure order or any extension of it (the “closure period”), the responsible senior police officer reasonably believes that—
(a)a F2... court of summary jurisdiction will not have determined whether to exercise its powers under Article 69F(2) in respect of the closure order and any extension of it or the premises concerned, by the end of the closure period, and
(b)closure is necessary in the interests of public safety because of disorder on, or in the vicinity of and related to, the premises,
that officer may extend the closure period for a further period not exceeding 24 hours beginning with the end of the previous closure period.
(2) An extension in relation to any licensed premises comes into force when a constable gives notice of it to the holder of the licence or the licence holder's servant or agent.
(3) But the extension does not come into force unless the notice is given before the end of the previous closure period.]
F2Word in art. 69C(1)(a) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 110(16), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)