34A—Permitting premises to be habitually used as place of resort by
members of declared organisation
(1) A person who is
the owner, occupier or lessee of any premises must not knowingly permit those
premises to be habitually used as a place of resort by members of a declared
organisation.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) A person must not
be knowingly concerned in the management of any premises habitually used as a
place of resort by members of a declared organisation.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) In proceedings for
an offence against subsection (1), a person who—
(a) is
the owner, occupier or lessee of any premises habitually used as a place of
resort by members of a declared organisation; and
(b) is a
member of the declared organisation,
is presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to knowingly permit
those premises to be habitually used as a place of resort by members of the
declared organisation.
(4) In proceedings for
an offence against subsection (2), a person who—
(a) is
concerned in the management of any premises habitually used as a place of
resort by members of a declared organisation; and
(b) is a
member of the declared organisation,
is presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to be knowingly
concerned in the management of those premises.
(5) In this
section—
"owner", in relation to premises, includes—
(a) a
person entitled to receive rent paid in respect of the premises; and
(b) a
person to whom the rent in respect of the premises is paid.