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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 44

Alternative permitted hours for off-sales.

44.(1) A court which grants a licence or declares a licence provisionally
granted to be final or renews a licence may, upon the application of the
person applying for the grant, declaration or renewal, by order direct that

(a)where the licence is for premises of a kind mentioned in section 3(1)(a),
the permitted hours for a part of the premises for which the court imposes a
condition under subsection (2); or

(b)where the licence is for premises of a kind mentioned in section 3(1)(b),
the permitted hours for the premises,

(2) Where a court which grants or renews a licence for premises of a kind
mentioned in section 3(1)(a) or declares a licence provisionally granted for
such premises to be final is satisfied

(a)that a specified part of the premises is structurally adapted for the sale
of intoxicating liquor for consumption off the premises, and

(b)that the specified part is not connected by any internal means of passage
open to customers with a part of the premises used for the sale of
intoxicating liquor for consumption in the premises,

(3) An order under subsection (1) and the condition, if any, inserted under
subsection (2) may be revoked by a court of summary jurisdiction on the
renewal of the licence

(a)at the request of the person applying for the renewal, or

(b)where the order was made under subsection (1)(a), if the court is not
satisfied that the condition mentioned in subsection (2) has been, and the
requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection have continued to
be, complied with.

(4) In this section "alternative permitted hours" means the hours on week
days, other than Christmas Day, between half-past nine in the morning and nine
in the evening.

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