The Licensing (Requirements for Conference Centre) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 249

Licensing

The Licensing (Requirements for Conference Centre) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

21st June 2012

Coming into operation

1st September 2012

The Department for Social Development, with the concurrence of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (1), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 2 (2) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (2) and now vested in it (3).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Licensing (Requirements for Conference Centre) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1 September 2012.

Amendment of the Licensing (Requirement for Conference Centre) Regulations

2.—(1) The Licensing (Requirements for Conference Centre) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (4) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 2(f) for sub-paragraph (iii) substitute—

“(iii) an assessment pursuant to the provisions of Articles 25 and 26 of The Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006(5).”

(3) In Regulation 3 omit the words—

““authorised member of the fire brigade” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 21 of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984.”

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 21 June 2012.

(L.S.)

Michael Daly

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment hereby concurs with the foregoing Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 22 June 2012.

(L.S.)

Michael Thompson

A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Licensing (Requirements for Conference Centre) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 to which premises must conform before they may be awarded a certificate by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board for the purposes of securing a licence for the sale by retail of intoxicating liquor.

Following the revocation of fire certificate regime under The Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (which took effect on 15 November 2010) a conference centre must have an assessment pursuant to the provisions of Articles 25 and 26 of The Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services; see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3

(2)

S.I. 1996/3158 (N.I. 22) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(3)

See Article 8 (b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland)

(4)

S.R. 1997 No. 26

(5)

S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)