The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Issue and duration of certificates of registration

6.—(1) Where a county court grants an application for the registration of a club the court shall issue a certificate of registration which shall be in such form as may be prescribed and shall specify—

(a) the name of the club;

(b) the address of the premises of the club;

(c) the name and address of the owner of the premises of the club;

(d) in the case of a nightworkers club—

(i) that the club is a nightworkers club to which Article 5(8) of the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 applies; and

(ii) the hours fixed by the court under Article 24(2);

(e) such other matters as may be prescribed.

(2) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this Article, a certificate of registration, unless registration is cancelled or a disqualification order under Article 15 or 46 applies to the premises of the registered club, shall remain in force from the date on which it is issued until—

(a) the expiration of—

(i) the then current registration period, or

(ii) such lesser period ending on 31st March as the court shall determine; or

(b) if it is issued within the 3 months immediately preceding the expiration of the then current registration period, the expiration of—

(i) the next following registration period, or

(ii) such lesser period ending on 31st March as the court shall determine.

(3) Where, at the hearing of an application for the grant of registration of a club, any person appears before the court and r opposes the registration, but the court registers the club—

(a) until the expiry of the time for bringing an appeal against the registration and, if an appeal is brought, until the registration is confirmed or the appeal is abandoned, the certificate of registration shall not come into force;

(b) if on appeal the registration is confirmed or if the appeal is abandoned, for the purpose of determining the period for which the certificate of registration is to be in force, the date when the appeal is disposed of shall be substituted for the date on which the certificate of registration was issued and the chief clerk shall (if necessary) amend the certificate accordingly.

(4) Paragraph (2) shall not prejudice the operation of Articles 8(8), 10 and 14 under which a certificate of registration may continue in force after the time when it would otherwise expire.