LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 24 Supplementary provisions relating to protection orders.

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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 24

Supplementary provisions relating to protection orders.

24.(1) A protection order shall, unless suspended, remain in force

(a)for a period of six months or such shorter period as may be specified in
the order; and

(b)where an application for the transfer of the licence is made but not
finally disposed of within that period, until the time when the application
(including any appeal) is finally disposed of or, where the transfer is not
granted, until the expiration of a period of eight weeks after that time;

(i)on the transfer of the licence; or

(ii)on the making of a further protection order under subsection (3); or

(iii)on its revocation by a court of summary jurisdiction on application by
either the holder of the licence or the holder of the protection order; or

(iv)on the surrender of the licence.

(2) Where a protection order has been made on an application under
section 23(3), a court of summary jurisdiction may, on application by the
person in whose favour the order was made, make such further protection order
or orders as it thinks fit.

(3) A protection order may be made to supersede a previous protection order,
if the court is satisfied that the person in whose favour the previous order
was made

(a)will be unable to apply for a transfer before the expiration of that order;
or

(b)consents to that order's being superseded; or

(c)no longer proposes to apply for a transfer of the licence or is not
qualified to do so; or

(d)is unable to carry on business under that order.

(4) Where the court makes a protection order the clerk of petty sessions shall
note the order on the licence.

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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 24