The Licensing (Notice Relating to Restaurants and Guest Houses) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made: 3rd March 2022

Coming into operation: 7th April 2022

The Department for Communities[^f00001] makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 51(4B) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996[^f00002] and now vested in it[^f00003].

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Licensing (Notice Relating to Restaurants and Guest Houses) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 7th April 2022.

Form and dimensions of Notice

2

A notice under Article 51(4B) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 must –

• (a) contain the information specified in the Schedule; and

• (b) be contained in a document the dimensions of which are no less than 297 mm in length and 210 mm in width.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 3rd March 2022.

Anthony Carleton — A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations prescribe the form and dimensions of the notice relating to licence conditions that restaurants must display in those areas where main table meals are served or where intoxicating liquor and other beverages are served to diners before or after such meals.

These Regulations also prescribe information in relation to the conditions mentioned in Article 51(3) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 No. 3158 (N.I. 22) (“the 1996 Order”) that must be complied with in relation to the sale and consumption of intoxicating liquor in such premises.

The Regulations also apply to guest houses which carry on the business of a restaurant in the premises – see Article 51(2) of the 1996 Order.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department for Social Development see section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 c. 5 (N.I.))

[^f00002]: S.I. 1996 No. 3158 Article 51(4B) was inserted by section 17 of the Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (2021 c. 7 (N.I.))

[^f00003]: See Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)