move Page.check_view_restrictions back into the body of the check_view_restrictions hook - it's view-level functionality, not model level, and its presence in the Page model is confusing (and the reason it was there has now been superseded). See https://groups.google.com/d/msg/wagtail/085Z7Mp73gE/dqfxW0sC72IJ

wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from django.http import Http404
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIRequest
 from django.core.handlers.base import BaseHandler
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -821,26 +820,6 @@ class Page(six.with_metaclass(PageBase, MP_Node, ClusterableModel, Indexed)):
         """Return a query set of all page view restrictions that apply to this page"""
         return PageViewRestriction.objects.filter(page__in=self.get_ancestors(inclusive=True))
 
-    def check_view_restrictions(self, request):
-        """
-        Check whether there are any view restrictions on this page which are
-        not fulfilled by the given request object. If there are, return an
-        HttpResponse that will notify the user of that restriction (and possibly
-        include a password / login form that will allow them to proceed). If
-        there are no such restrictions, return None
-        """
-        restrictions = self.get_view_restrictions()
-
-        if restrictions:
-            passed_restrictions = request.session.get('passed_page_view_restrictions', [])
-            for restriction in restrictions:
-                if restriction.id not in passed_restrictions:
-                    from wagtail.wagtailcore.forms import PasswordPageViewRestrictionForm
-                    form = PasswordPageViewRestrictionForm(instance=restriction,
-                        initial={'return_url': request.get_full_path()})
-                    action_url = reverse('wagtailcore_authenticate_with_password', args=[restriction.id, self.id])
-                    return self.serve_password_required_response(request, form, action_url)
-
     password_required_template = getattr(settings, 'PASSWORD_REQUIRED_TEMPLATE', 'wagtailcore/password_required.html')
     def serve_password_required_response(self, request, form, action_url):
         """

wagtail/wagtailcore/wagtail_hooks.py

@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+
 from wagtail.wagtailcore import hooks
 
 def check_view_restrictions(page, request, serve_args, serve_kwargs):
-    return page.check_view_restrictions(request)
+    """
+    Check whether there are any view restrictions on this page which are
+    not fulfilled by the given request object. If there are, return an
+    HttpResponse that will notify the user of that restriction (and possibly
+    include a password / login form that will allow them to proceed). If
+    there are no such restrictions, return None
+    """
+    restrictions = page.get_view_restrictions()
+
+    if restrictions:
+        passed_restrictions = request.session.get('passed_page_view_restrictions', [])
+        for restriction in restrictions:
+            if restriction.id not in passed_restrictions:
+                from wagtail.wagtailcore.forms import PasswordPageViewRestrictionForm
+                form = PasswordPageViewRestrictionForm(instance=restriction,
+                    initial={'return_url': request.get_full_path()})
+                action_url = reverse('wagtailcore_authenticate_with_password', args=[restriction.id, page.id])
+                return page.serve_password_required_response(request, form, action_url)
+
 hooks.register('before_serve_page', check_view_restrictions)