The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990

Persons found on licensed premises outside permitted hours, etc.

55.—(1) Where a person is found on licensed premises outside the permitted hours or any period such as is mentioned in Article 53,—

(a)he shall, unless he proves that he is there for a lawful purpose, be guilty of an offence; and

(b)the holder of the licence if, himself or by his servant or agent, he permits that person to be there and does not prove that he is there for a lawful purpose shall be guilty of an offence;

and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(2) Where, on being asked by a constable for his name and address, a person found on licensed premises outside the permitted hours or such a period as aforesaid—

(a)refuses to give them; or

(b)gives a false name or address; or

(c)refuses to answer satisfactorily any question put to him to ascertain the correctness of the name or address given,

he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.