Explanatory Notes

Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

2001 CHAPTER 16

11th May 2001

Commentary on Sections

Part 1: Provisions for Combatting Crime and Disorder.

Chapter 2: Provisions for combatting alcohol-related disorder (Sections 12 to 32)
Offences of permitting drunkenness and disorder in licensed premises and selling to drunken people
Section 28: Sections 19-27: interpretation

87.Subsections (1)-(3) define certain terms used in the sections dealing with the closure of unlicensed premises. These include “closure notice”, “closure order”, “intoxicating liquor”, “notice”, “local authority”, “premises”, “sale”, “unlicensed sale” and “a person having an interest in the premises”.