LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971

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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 61



61.(1) During the permitted hours a minor shall not be in any part of
licensed premises which

(a)contains a bar; or

(b)is used exclusively or mainly for the sale and consumption of
intoxicating liquor.

(2) The holder of a licence himself or by his servant or agent, or such a
servant or agent, shall not allow a minor to be in any part of the
licensed premises as mentioned in subsection (1) during the permitted hours.

(3) A person shall not cause or procure any minor to go to, or to be in, any
part of licensed premises as mentioned in subsection (1) during the
permitted hours.

(4) Any person acting in contravention of subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction

(a)for a contravention of subsection (1), to a fine not exceeding #20;

(b)for a contravention of subsection (2) or (3), to a fine not exceeding #100.

(5) In any proceedings for an offence by reason of a contravention of
subsection (2) it shall be a defence

(a)for the holder of the licence to prove that he took all reasonable
precautions and used due diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence;
or

(b)for the holder of the licence or his servant or agent to prove that he had
good reason to believe that the minor was of full age.

(6) Where a minor represents himself to be of full age for the purpose of
being in any part of licensed premises as mentioned in subsection (1) during
the permitted hours, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding #20.

(7) Nothing in this section shall apply with respect to a minor who is

(a)a child of the licence holder; or

(b)a ... person who has attained the age which is the upper limit of
compulsory school age and is apprenticed to the holder of the licence under a
contract in writing; or

(c)resident in the licensed premises, but not employed there; or

(d)in a part of licensed premises as mentioned in subsection (1) solely for
the purposes of passing to or from some other part of the premises which is
not such a part as aforesaid and to or from which there is no other convenient
means of access; or

(e)in a refreshment room in public transport premises or in a room
constructed, fitted and intended to be used for any purpose to which the
holding of a licence is ancillary.

(8) Where a minor who is found in any part of a licensed premises as mentioned
in subsection (1) is apprenticed to the holder of the licence, the minor or
the holder shall at the request of a constable produce the contract of
apprenticeship within seven days of the request to, or in accordance with
reasonable directions of, the constable for examination, and if it is not so
produced the minor or, as the case may be, the holder shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding #20.

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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 61