Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1962

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 21/1962

Number 21 of 1962.
INTOXICATING LIQUOR ACT, 1962.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section 1. Interpretation. 2. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1927. 3. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1927. 4. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1927. 5. Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1927. 6. Amendment of section 56 of Act of 1927. 7. Time for consumption of intoxicating liquor supplied during permitted hours. 8. Amendment of section 21 of Act of 1924. 9. Substantial meals. 10. Exemptions for special events. 11. Occasional licences. 12. Special exemption orders. 13. Festival clubs. 14. Special events in sports clubs. 15. General exemption orders. 16. Exemptions for licensed business on Sunday afternoons. 17. Exemptions for unlicensed business on Sunday mornings. 18. Licences for greyhound race tracks. 19. Amendment of section 4 of the Act of 1902. 20. Restriction of section 4 of Act of 1902, sections 21 and 22 of Act of 1943 and sections 13, 14, 19 and 27 of Act of 1960. 21. Restriction on recording of certain convictions on licences. 22. Parking of animal-drawn vehicles in licensed premises. 23. Presumption of existence of licences in certain prosecutions. 24. Recording of certain convictions on licences subsequently obtained. 25. Proof of licences in certain cases. 26. Unlicensed drinking premises. 27. Liqueur chocolates. 28. Wine retailer's and cider retailer's off-licences. 29. Permitting persons to be on licensed premises during prohibited hours. 30. Proof of population figures. 31. Applications under sections 15 and 17 of Act of 1960. 32. Amendment of section 17 of Act of 1960. 33. Amendment of section 27 of Act of 1960. 34. Temporary transfer of licence. 35. Dublin Metropolitan District. 36. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.
Acts Referred to Licensing (Ireland) Act, 1833 1833, c. 68 Licensing (Ireland) Act, 1902 1902, c. 18 Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910 1910, c. 8 Intoxicating Liquor (General) Act, 1924 1924, No. 62 Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927 1927, No. 15 Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1943 1943, No. 7 Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1960 1960, No. 18 Summer Time Act, 1925 1925, No. 8 Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 1854, c. 103 Revenue Act, 1862 1862, c. 22 Revenue Act, 1863 1863, c. 33 Revenue (No. 1) Act, 1864 1864, c. 18 Public Dance Halls Act, 1935 1935, No. 2 Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 1958, No. 12
Number 21 of 1962.
INTOXICATING LIQUOR ACT, 1962.
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE LICENSING ACTS, 1833 TO 1960, AND THE REGISTRATION OF CLUBS ACTS, 1904 TO 1960, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [2nd August, 1962.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
	Interpretation.	1.—(1) In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires—
	“the Act of 1833” means the Licensing (Ireland) Act, 1833 ;
	“the Act of 1902” means the Licensing (Ireland) Act, 1902 ;
	“the Act of 1910” means the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910 ;
	“the Act of 1924” means the Intoxicating Liquor (General) Act, 1924 ;
	“the Act of 1927” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927 ;
	“the Act of 1943” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1943;
	“the Act of 1960” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1960 ;
	“annual licensing district court” means the sitting of the District Court held pursuant to rules of court in a licensing area for the hearing of applications for certificates for renewals of licences for the sale of intoxicating liquor;
	“Court area” means a District Court area prescribed by law for the purposes of the transaction of licensing business;
	“licence” means a licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor for the grant of which the production of a certificate of the District Court or the Circuit Court, as the case may be, is required, or a licence granted under section 18 of this Act, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
	“the Licensing Acts” means the Licensing Acts, 1833 to 1960;
	“period of summer time” means a period appointed by or under the Summer Time Act, 1925 , to be a period of summer time;
	“prohibited hours” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act of 1927;
	“the Registration of Clubs Acts” means the Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 1960;
	“seven-day licence” means a licence referred to in section 11 of the Act of 1927 as a seven-day licence;
	“six-day licence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8 of the Act of 1927;
	“Sunday” does not include a Sunday that is Christmas Day.
	(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.
	Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1927.	2.—Section 2 (which was inserted by the Act of 1960 and relates to prohibited hours) of the Act of 1927 is hereby amended by—
	(a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) of subsection (1):
	“(a) on any week-day, before the hour of half-past ten o'clock in the morning or—
	(i) during a period of summer time, after the hour of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening, or
	(ii) during a period which is not a period of summer-time, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening, or, if the premises are situate in the county borough of Dublin or Cork (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”,
	(b) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b) of subsection (1):
	“(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 four o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or”
	and
	(c) the substitution in both paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of subsection (2) for “a county borough” of “the county borough of Dublin or Cork”.
	Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1927.	3.—Subsection (1) (inserted by the Act of 1960) of section 3 (which relates to mixed trading) of the Act of 1927 is hereby amended by—
	(a) the substitution in paragraph (i) of “half-past seven o'clock” for “nine o'clock”, and
	(b) the substitution in paragraph (ii) for “a county borough” of “the county borough of Dublin or Cork”.
	Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1927.	4.—Section 13 (which was inserted by the Act of 1960 and provides for exemptions from prohibited hours for hotels and restaurants) of the Act of 1927 is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraphs (a) and (b) of the following paragraphs:
	“(a) during a period of summer time, between the hours of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening on any week-day and half-past twelve o'clock in the morning on the following day, or
	(b) during a period which is not a period of summer time, between the hours of eleven o'clock in the evening on any week-day and half-past twelve o'clock in the morning on the following day, or
	(b1) if the premises are situate in the county borough of Dublin or Cork, between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, on any week-day, or
	(b2) on Saint Patrick's Day or, unless his licence is a six-day licence, any Sunday, between the hours of two o'clock and three o'clock in the afternoon, or between the hours of ten o'clock and eleven o'clock in the evening, or”.
	Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1927.	5.—Section 14 (which provides for certain exemptions from prohibited hours) of the Act of 1927 is hereby amended by the insertion after paragraph (a) of the following paragraph:
	“(aa) the sale at any time at a railway station (being a station to which persons who have recently travelled or are about to travel by ship resort for refreshment) of intoxicating liquor to passengers who have recently travelled or hold tickets entitling them, and are about, to travel by ship for a distance of not less than fifty miles, or”.
	Amendment of section 56 of Act of 1927.	6.—(1) Section 56 (which was inserted by the Act of 1960 and relates to prohibited hours in clubs) of the Act of 1927 is hereby amended by—
	(a) the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1):
	“(a) on any week-day, before the hour of half-past ten o'clock in the morning, or—
	(i) during a period of summer time, after the hour of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening, or
	(ii) during a period which is not a period of summer time, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening,
	or, if the club is situate in the county borough of Dublin or Cork, between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, or
	(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 four o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or”,
	(b) the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2):
	“(a) during a period of summer time, between the hours of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening on any week-day and half-past twelve o'clock in the morning on the following day, or
	(b) during a period which is not a period of summer time, between the hours of eleven o'clock in the evening on any week-day and half-past twelve o'clock in the morning on the following day, or
	(b...