The Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990

Exceptions

Residents in, and deliveries to, certain premises

52.  The foregoing provisions of this Part shall not prohibit or restrict the doing of any of the following things outside the permitted hours—

(a) the selling of intoxicating liquor to a resident in premises of a kind mentioned in Article 6(1)(a) which provides accommodation for guests such as is mentioned in Article 33(3) or an hotel or the taking of it by him from such premises or hotel, or the consumption or permitting consumption of it in such premises or hotel by him or his guests;

(b) the dispatch, in a vehicle or receptacle, by the holder of a licence for premises which are either of a kind mentioned in Article 6(1)(a) or (b) or an hotel to which Article 6(5)(b)(ii) applies, of intoxicating liquor sold by him for delivery and consumption off the premises.

Consumption or removal after permitted hours of liquor bought during those hours

53.  Where intoxicating liquor is sold in licensed premises during the permitted hours, the foregoing provisions of this Part shall not prohibit—

(a) during the first 30 minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours and in premises of a kind mentioned in Article 6(1)(a), an hotel, a restaurant, a refreshment room in an airport or a theatre on a Sunday during the first 30 minutes after the beginning of the afternoon break, except where the premises are—

(i) part of premises of a kind mentioned in Article 6(1)(a) with respect to which an order under Article 49 is in force; or

(ii) of a kind mentioned in Article 6(1)(b);

the consumption or permitting consumption of the liquor in the premises;

(b) during the first 30 minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours, the taking of the liquor from the premises in a sealed container, if the premises are—

(i) of a kind mentioned in Article 6(1)(a) (except where the liquor is taken from a part of the premises with respect to which an order under Article 49 is in force or where the liquor was sold in contravention of Article 63(1); or

(ii) an hotel (except where the liquor was sold in contravention of Article 6(3)(b) or 63(1)).