The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
PART IINTRODUCTORY
1Title and commencement
2Interpretation
PART IIREGISTRATION OF CLUBS
3Prohibition on supply or keeping of intoxicating liquor on the premises of an unregistered club
4Clubs which may be registered
5Nightworkers clubs
Grant of registration
6Applications for the grant of registration
7Issue and duration of certificates of registration
Renewal of registration
8Applications for the renewal of registration
9Continuance of registration pending determination of appeal
10Duration of renewed certificates of registration
Cancellation of registration
11Cancellation of registration
12Continuance of registration pending determination of appeal against cancellation
13Disqualification of premises on refusal of renewal or cancellation of registration
Register and proof of certificate of registration
14Register of clubs
15Inspection of register
16Returns to Department
17Register of clubs to be evidence
18Proof, etc., of certificates of registration
19Effect of registration
PART IIIPERMITTED HOURS
Prohibition of supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours
20Prohibition of supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor outside permitted hours
21Closing of bar outside permitted hours
22General permitted hours
23Permitted hours in sporting clubs on Sunday
Exception
24Consumption after permitted hours of liquor supplied during those hours
Special occasion authorisations
25Authorisations for special occasions
Miscellaneous
26Defence in respect of consumption of intoxicating liquor by certain persons outside permitted hours
PART IVCONDUCT OF REGISTERED CLUBS
27Penalty for supplying or keeping intoxicating liquor in unregistered clubs
28Unlawful supply and consumption, etc., in registered clubs
29Presence of unauthorised persons in certain parts of club premises
30Functions in registered clubs
31Misconduct of registered clubs
Special provisions with respect to young persons
32Young persons prohibited from bars
33Supply, etc., of intoxicating liquor to young persons
Preservation of order
34Drunkenness in registered club
35Procuring drink for drunken person
36Power to exclude drunken persons, etc., from registered club
Miscellaneous
37Provision for inspection and rights of entry
38Disqualification of premises on conviction of offence
PART VMISCELLANEOUS
39Restrictions on advertisements relating to functions in registered clubs
40Admission of visiting teams, etc.
41Accounts of registered clubs
42Notification of alteration of rules of registered clubs
Legal proceedings
43Proceedings against clubs
44Proof of consumption of intoxicating liquor
45Appeals
46Procedure in connection with cancellation and disqualification
Supplemental
47Modifications of Schedules, amendments, transitional and saving provisions and repeals
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN RULES OF CLUB
1The business and affairs of the club shall be under...
2Elections to the committee or governing body shall be held...
3The committee or governing body shall hold periodical meetings.
4The names and addresses of persons proposed as ordinary members...
5All members, other than temporary members of a club, shall...
6If persons, other than such temporary members, are elected as...
7Persons shall not be admitted in such numbers to membership...
8No persons shall be allowed to become honorary or temporary...
9There shall be a defined subscription payable by members on...
10No person under the age of 18 shall be admitted...
11All members shall carry membership cards while on the premises...
12An alphabetical list of the names and addresses of every...
13The same person, except where that person is a parent,...
14A guest of a member shall not be admitted to...
15A member shall be responsible for his guest strictly observing...
16No member of the committee or governing body, and no...
17No person shall be paid at the expense of the...
18No person shall, directly or indirectly, derive any pecuniary benefit...
19A statement, printed in plain type, of the hours during...
20Intoxicating liquor shall not be supplied to persons who are...
21Intoxicating liquor shall not be supplied to members of the...
22The date of the end of the financial year of...
Schedule 2APPLICATIONS FOR THE GRANT OF REGISTRATION
1(1) The secretary of a club which intends to make...
2(1) The notices mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be in...
3The sub-divisional commander mentioned in paragraph 1(1)(a)(aa), the district council...
4A person intending to object under paragraph 3 shall, not...
Schedule 3APPLICATIONS FOR THE RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION
1The secretary of a club which intends to make an...
2(1) The notices mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be in...
3The sub-divisional commander mentioned in paragraph 1(b)(i), the district council...
4A person intending to object under paragraph 3 shall, not...
5Before the renewal date the applicant shall deposit the certificate...
Schedule 4AMENDMENTS
The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5)
1In paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 for “Registration of Clubs...
The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (c. 4)
2In section 4(1), in the definition of “registered club” for...
The Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (1985 N.I. 11)
3In Article 2(2), in the definition of “registered club” for...
4In Article 96— (a) in paragraph (4)(e) for “Registration of...
5In Article 99(2)(e) for “Registration of Clubs Act (Northern Ireland)...
6For Article 103(1)(e) substitute— (e) that the club is registered...
7In Article 105— (a) in paragraph (1) for “Registration of...
Schedule 5TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
Interpretation
1In this Schedule— “Act of 1967” means the Registration of...
PART ITRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Existing certificates
2Notwithstanding the repeal of the Act of 1967 by Article...
Applications for certificates
3(1) Where, before the commencement date, notice of application to...
Renewals of certificates
4Where, before the commencement date, notice of application to a...
Registration of existing clubs
5(1) The secretary of a club in existence immediately before...
Other transitional provisions
6An order under Article 1(2) may make such transitional provision...
PART IISAVINGS
7References in any document (whether express or implied) to any...
8The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect without prejudice...
Schedule 6REPEALS

1987 No. 1278 (N.I. 14)

NORTHERN IRELAND

The Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987

Made

Coming into operation on days to be appointed under Article 1(2)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of July 1987

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act [1974 c. 28] 1974 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—