REGISTRATION OF CLUBS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 8 Matters on which court must be satisfied before granting an application.

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REGISTRATION OF CLUBS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 8

Matters on which court must be satisfied before granting an application.

8.(1) The court shall not grant an application for a certificate or a renewal
thereof unless it is satisfied by the club as to the following matters:

(i)that the premises of the club are in all respects (including location,
accommodation, facilities and amenities) suitable and proper having regard to
the objects of the club and to the estimated maximum number of members
thereof;

(ii)that the club is, and is intended to be, conducted in good faith as a club
and not mainly for the supply of intoxicating liquor and, in the case of an
application for an original certificate, has been conducted in good faith as a
club for not less than the twelve months immediately preceding the date on
which the application for such certificate was lodged under section 2;

(iii)that the provisions of the rules of the club and of this Act are, and are
intended to be, complied with;

(iv)that the hours during which intoxicating liquor may be supplied on the
premises in accordance with the rules of the club are within the limits laid
down by section 3(1)(b) and (c), and are suitable and proper having regard to
the objects of the club;

(v)where the application is for the renewal of a certificate, that the club
has, for the year immediately past, been conducted in accordance with its
rules in good faith as a club and not mainly for the supply of
intoxicating liquor;

(vi)where the application is for an original certificate, that there is not
sufficient club accommodation of a similar character already in existence in
the neighbourhood in which the club premises are situate.

(2) Subsection (1)(iv) shall not apply to a nightworkers club to which
section 4(2) to (4) applies.

(3) Any district inspector of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be entitled
to be heard in relation to the matters set forth in subsection (1).

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REGISTRATION OF CLUBS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 8