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Licensing (Sunday Hours) Act 1995

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1Permitted hours in licensed premises

(1)Section 60 of the [1964 c. 26.] Licensing Act 1964 (permitted hours in licensed premises) shall be amended as follows.

(2)For subsection (1)(b) (Sundays, Christmas Day and Good Friday) there shall be substituted—

“(b)on Sundays, other than Christmas Day, and on Good Friday, the hours from twelve noon to half past ten in the evening; and

(c)on Christmas Day, the hours from twelve noon to half past ten in the evening, with a break of four hours beginning at three in the afternoon.”.

(3)In subsection (6) (off-licences), the words “or Good Friday” shall be omitted and at the end of that subsection there shall be added the words “and the permitted hours on Sundays, other than Christmas Day, shall begin at ten in the morning”.

2Permitted hours in registered clubs

(1)In section 62(1) of the Licensing Act 1964 (permitted hours in registered clubs)—

(a)for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—

“(a)on days other than Christmas Day, the general licensing hours;”; and

(b)in paragraph (b), for the words “Sundays, Christmas Day and Good Friday,” there shall be substituted the words “Christmas Day,”.

(2)In section 62(3) of that Act (notice of permitted hours) for the words “on Sundays, Christmas Day and Good Friday” there shall be substituted the words “on Christmas Day”.

3Restriction orders

In section 67A(4) of the [1964 c. 26.] Licensing Act 1964 (restriction orders) for the words from “specify” to “and may” there shall be substituted the words—

“(a)specify any time between half past two and half past five in the afternoon on weekdays other than Good Friday, and between three and seven in the afternoon on Sundays and Good Friday, and

(b)”.

4Consequential amendments and repeals

(1)The amendments of the Licensing Act 1964 set out in Schedule 1 to this Act (which are consequential on sections 1 to 3) shall have effect.

(2)The enactments listed in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

5Commencement

This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

6Short title and extent

(1)This Act may be cited as the Licensing (Sunday Hours) Act 1995.

(2)This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

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