The Licensing (Designation of Outdoor Stadia) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2021 No. 81

Licensing

The Licensing (Designation of Outdoor Stadia) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

25th March 2021

Coming into operation

1st May 2021

The Department for Communities(1),makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 2AA(c) 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 (Designation of Outdoor Stadia) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2021.

2.  Drumbo Park Stadium at 57 Ballyskeagh Road, Lisburn, BT27 5TE is designated as a stadium which is of importance to the whole of Northern Ireland.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on the 25th March 2021.

(L.S.)

Anthony Carleton

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations designate Drumbo Park Stadium at 57 Ballyskeagh Road, Lisburn, BT27 5TE as a stadium which is of importance to the whole of Northern Ireland. This designation allows Drumbo Park Stadium to apply to the Courts for a liquor licence at the stadium.

(1)

Formerly the Department for Social Development; see 2016 c. 5 (N.I.), S.I(7)

(2)

S.I. 1996/3158; Article 2AA was inserted by Section 2 of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Act 1996 (c.24 (N.I.))

(3)

See Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Department (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) (S.R.1999 No. 481)