LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 54 Penalty for permitting consumption of intoxicating liquor in unlicensed part of premises.

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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 54

Penalty for permitting consumption of intoxicating liquor in unlicensed part of premises.

54.(1) Where part or parts of any premises (other than premises of a kind
mentioned in section 3(1)(b) or (c)) are licensed premises the holder of the
licence, himself or by his servant or agent, shall not permit any other person
to consume intoxicating liquor in any other part of the premises.

(2) If subsection (1) is contravened the holder of the licence shall be guilty
of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding #100.

(3) Where the holder of a licence is charged with an offence under this
section it shall be a defence to prove

(a)that the liquor was supplied by the person in charge of the business
carried on under the licence at the expense of the holder or that person; and

(b)that it was consumed by either

(i)the holder of the licence or that person, or his guests; or

(ii)persons employed in the premises for the purposes of the business carried
on under the licence; and

(c)that it was consumed in a part of the premises to which the public do not
have access.

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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 54