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DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST TRAFFIC ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1948 - SECT 19

Restriction on use of certain descriptions.

19.(1) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of any catering establishment
or other premises to describe or hold out or permit any person to describe or
hold out such premises as an hotel unless such premises are registered in the
register of hotels and such proprietor is registered in that register as the
registered proprietor of such premises.

(2) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of any catering establishment or
other premises to describe or hold out or permit any person to describe or
hold out such premises as a guest house unless such premises are registered in
the register of guest houses and such proprietor is registered in that
register as the registered proprietor of such premises.

(3) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of any catering establishment or
other premises to describe such premises as a boarding house... or to hold out
such premises as a boarding house... or to permit any person to so describe or
so hold out such premises unless such premises are registered in the register
of boarding houses... and such proprietor is registered in that register as
the registered proprietor of such premises.

(4) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of any catering establishment or
other premises to describe or hold out or permit any person to describe or
hold out such premises as a restaurant unless such premises are registered in
the register of restaurants and such proprietor is registered in that register
as the registered proprietor of such premises.

(5) Any person who acts in contravention of any of the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable
on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds together
with a further fine not exceeding one pound for every day during which the
offence continues after such conviction:

Provided that any proprietor of premises used as a catering establishment who
has appealed to the county court in accordance with the provisions of
sub-section (2) of section fourteen of this Act shall not be liable to be
prosecuted for an offence under this section which is alleged to have been
committed in respect of those premises during the period between the lodgment
of the notice of such appeal in the county court and the determination thereof
by that court.

(6) Commencement

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