Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1960
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Citation | IR No. 18/1960 |
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Number 18 of 1960. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INTOXICATING LIQUOR ACT, 1960. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PART I. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary and General. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prohibited Hours | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART III. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART IV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SCHEDULE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number 18 of 1960. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INTOXICATING LIQUOR ACT, 1960. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE LICENSING ACTS, 1833 TO 1953, AND THE REGISTRATION OF CLUBS ACTS, 1904 TO 1927, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [4th July, 1960.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PART I. Preliminary and General. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short title, construction and collective citation. |
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1960. |
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(2) This Act, in so far as it amends and extends the Licensing Acts, 1833 to 1953, shall be construed as one therewith and may be cited together therewith as the Licensing Acts, 1833 to 1960, and, in so far as it amends and extends the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1927, shall be construed as one therewith and may be cited together therewith as the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1960. |
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Interpretation. |
2.—(1) In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires— |
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“the Act of 1902” means the Licensing (Ireland) Act, 1902 ; |
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“the Act of 1910” means the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910 ; |
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“the Act of 1927” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927 ; |
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“the Act of 1943” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1943 ; |
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“the Court” means, in relation to proceedings in respect of the grant of an on-licence, the Circuit Court, and, in relation to proceedings in respect of an off-licence or the renewal or transfer of an on-licence, the District Court; |
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“Court area” means a District Court area prescribed by law for the purposes of the transaction of licensing business; |
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“licence” means a licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor for the grant of which the production of a certificate of the Court is required, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly. |
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(2) References in this Act to any enactment shall, save where the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act. |
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Repeals. |
3.—Each enactment mentioned in the second column of the Schedule to this Act is hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of that Schedule opposite the mention of that enactment. |
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PART II. Prohibited Hours. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prohibited hours generally. |
4.—Section 2 (which relates to prohibited hours) of the Act of 1927 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsections (1) and (2) (both inserted by the Act of 1943) of the following subsections, and the Act of 1927 and in particular subsections (4) and (5) of the said section 2 shall be construed and have effect accordingly: |
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“(1) Save as is otherwise provided by this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person to sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor or to open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor or to permit any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on licensed premises— |
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(a) on any week-day, before the hour of half-past ten o'clock in the morning or— |
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(i) during the months of June, July, August and September, after the hour of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening, or |
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(ii) during any other month, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening, |
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or, if the premises are situate in a county borough, (subject to the exceptions hereinafter mentioned) between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, or |
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(b) on Saint Patrick's Day or any Sunday, before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon or between the hours of two o'clock and five o'clock in the afternoon or— |
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(i) during the months of June, July, August and September, after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening, or |
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(ii) during any other month, after the hour of eight o'clock in the evening, |
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or |
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(c) at any time on Christmas Day or Good Friday. |
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(2) The exceptions referred to in paragraph (a) of the foregoing subsection are: |
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(a) that between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon on any week-day the holder of an on-licence attached to premises situate in a county borough may receive on the premises orders (accompanied or not accompanied by payment) by post, telegraph or telephone but not otherwise for intoxicating liquor to be consumed off the premises and to be delivered by the holder at the residence of the person so ordering the same or at a railway station but not otherwise and may so deliver the intoxicating liquor so ordered, but the person so ordering the intoxicating liquor shall not for the purposes of any other section of this Act be a person to whom intoxicating liquor may be lawfully sold or supplied on the premises between the said hours on the said days, and |
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(b) that between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon on any week-day the holder of an off-licence attached to premises situate in a county borough may receive verbally or otherwise on such premises orders (accompanied or not accompanied by payment) for intoxicating liquor to be consumed off the premises and to be delivered by the holder at the residence of the person ordering the same or at a railway station but not otherwise and may so deliver the intoxicating liquor so ordered and may open and keep open the said premises for the purpose of receiving such orders and may expose on the premises intoxicating liquor for sale on such orders.” |
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Exemptions for hotels and restaurants. |
5.—The following section is hereby substituted for section 13 of the Act of 1927: |
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“13. Nothing in this Act shall operate to prohibit the holder of an on-licence in respect of premises which are for the time being a hotel or restaurant from supplying intoxicating liquor to any person on the premises or from permitting intoxicating liquor to be consumed on the premises— |
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(a) on any week-day— |
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(i) during the months of June, July, August and September, after the hour of... |
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