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This Order makes miscellaneous amendments to the Licensing Act (Northern Ireland) 1971. The main amendments are—
(a)to prohibit the consumption of intoxicating liquor at entertainments organised for gain;
(b)to provide new general permitted hours for off-sales;
(c)to extend the permitted hours for public houses, airport refreshment rooms and theatres to the same hours on Sunday and Christmas Day as for hotels and restaurants;
(d)to provide for public houses which meet certain standards to have the same additional permitted hours as hotels and restaurants;
(e)to extend the places of public entertainment which may obtain a licence;
(f)to provide for public houses to keep accommodation for guests;
(g)to enable the court to suspend the operation of certain aspects of the licence; and
(h)to increase the penalties for certain offences.
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