Notorious bad boys John Hopoate and Mark Judge banned from Kings Cross Clubs The Bada Bing strip club on Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross. Pubs and clubs ban ... John Hopoate. FORMER NRL footballer John Hopoate and bikie associate Mark Judge are the first two people to be banned from entering pubs and nightclubs in Kings Cross, under new powers given to NSW police. The pair and another four men were served with the 12-month prohibition notices on the weekend. Police told them they would prohibit them from going to 35 designated pubs and nightclubs for the next year. Seven others were issued with "temporary prohibition orders" stopping them from going to licensed premises in the Cross for the next 48 hours. Hopoate, Judge and the four others have three weeks to appeal to the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority or else the ban is automatic. Temporary bans cannot be appealed. Judge last night confirmed to The Daily Telegraph that he would be appealing the prohibition notice. "I'll be fighting it," he said. The legislation, introduced earlier this year, is specific to Kings Cross and aims to rid the area of undesirables, particularly bikies and associates. "This is a good tool which enables us to make the Cross a safer place," said Acting Commander of Kings Cross Police Detective Inspector Paul McDonald. People who have a conviction for a violent offence involving alcohol can face twelve-month bans. The Barrio Chino nightclub in Kings Cross. The Trademark Hotel in Kings Cross. He said the 48-hour bans allowed them to remove people from the district who were nuisance drunks, who could hurt themselves or others. Hopoate was in the Cross at the time when he was given notification by police of their intention to have him barred from many of the clubs linked to his mate John Ibrahim. Police did not provide The Daily Telegraph with details on the exact reasons why Hopoate, Judge and the others were targeted by the year-long bans. Says he'll fight the ban ... bikie associate Mark Judge. But to be banned for 12 months a person must have been charged with, or found guilty of, a serious indictable offence involving alcohol-related violence, not just in the Cross but anywhere in Australia. Defying the order incurs a fine of up to $5500. The orders were to be used in conjunction with identification scanners, which were due to be in operation last weekend. But this was delayed when a probity check found the owner of a high-profile nightclub was a also part-owner of the preferred tender. A new tender is expected to be in operation in the new year. Inspector McDonald said policing the prohibition orders would be a great deal easier once the scanners were operational. There is believed to be a list of more than 30 people, mainly bikies or their associates, who will be issued with probation orders in the near future. Bada Bing Night Spot, Beach Haus, Barrio Chino, Candy's Nightclub, Club 21, Crane Bar Restaurant Pty Ltd, Dancers Cabaret, Disco Nightclub Pty Ltd, DreamGirls, First Empire Hotel, Hampton Court Hotel, Hugo's Lounge, Iguana Bar & Restaurant, le panic, Mansions Hotel, Moulin Rouge, O Nightclub, O'Malleys Hotel, Piccadilly Hotel, Sapphire Lounge, Showgirls, Sugar Mill Hotel, Suite 17, The Backroom, The Bank Hotel Sydney, The Bourbon, The Crest Hotel, the Kings Cross Hotel, The Lincoln Bar, The Palladium Restaurant, The Village Potts Point Pty Ltd, The World Bar, the Trademark Hotel, the Tunnel Nightclub and the Vegas Hotel. Australian sailors enter Showgirls in Kings Cross during Fleet Week 2013.