Deregulation (Employment in Bars) Order 1997

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1997/957
Year1997

1997 No. 957

DEREGULATION

The Deregulation (Employment in Bars) Order 1997

Made 6th March 1997

Coming into force 7th March 1997

Whereas—

(a) the Secretary of State is of opinion that certain provisions of the Licensing Act 19641impose burdens affecting the carrying on of a trade, business, profession or otherwise and that by amending the provisions concerned it is possible to remove or reduce the burdens without removing any necessary protection;

(b) the Secretary of State has consulted such organisations as appear to be representative of interests substantially affected by his proposals and such other persons as he considers appropriate;

(c) it appears to the Secretary of State that it is appropriate, following that consultation, to proceed with the making of this Order;

(d) a document setting out the Secretary of State’s proposals has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 19942and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 4 of that Act has expired;

(e) the Secretary of State has had regard to representations made during the period;

(f) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament with a Statement giving details of such representations and the changes to the Secretary of State’s proposals in the light of those representations;

(g) a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, hereby makes the following Order.

S-1 Citation, commencement and extent

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Employment in Bars) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) This Order does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

S-2 Employment of persons under 18 in bars

Employment of persons under 18 in bars

2.—(1) In section 170 of the Licensing Act 1964 (persons under 18 not to be employed in bars), after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

S-1A

“1A Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply where—

(a) the person employed is of or over the age of sixteen; and

(b) the employment is under a training scheme approved for the purposes of section 170A of this Act by the Secretary of State.”.

(2) After that section there shall be inserted—

S-170A

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