Tourist Traffic Act, 1952

• Jurisdiction: Ireland

• Full Act
• Act by Section
• Act As Enacted
• Amendments
• PDF annotated
• PDF unannotated

---

Number 15 of 1952

---

TOURIST TRAFFIC ACT 1952

REVISED

Updated to 18 October 2020

---

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Tourist Traffic Act 1952. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), enacted 14 October 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 7) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 442 of 2020), made 17 October 2020, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

---

Number 15 of 1952

---

TOURIST TRAFFIC ACT 1952

REVISED

Updated to 18 October 2020

---

Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

Tourist Traffic Acts 1939 to 2016: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2016 (14/2016), s. 2(2)). The Acts in the group are:

• Tourist Traffic Act 1939 (24/1939)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1952 (15/1952)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1955 (5/1955)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1957 (27/1957)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1966 (3/1966)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1970 (16/1970)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1983 (31/1983)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1995 (13/1995)

• National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003 (10/2003)

• National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2011 (33/2011)

• National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2016 (14/2016)

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed are:

• Tourist Traffic Act 1946 (14/1946)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1959 (27/1959)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1961 (37/1961)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1963 (22/1963)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1968 (29/1968)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1972 (28/1972)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1975 (26/1975)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1979 (22/1979)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1987 (11/1987)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1998 (45/1998)

Licensing Acts 1833 to 2018: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Act 2018 (17/2018), s. 5(3)). The Acts in this group are:

• Licensing (Ireland) Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 68)

• Licensing (Ireland) Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 38)

• Licensing (Ireland) Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 62)

• Public House (Ireland) Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 114)

• Licensing (Ireland) Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 35)

• Beerhouse (Ireland) Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 35)

• Beerhouse (Ireland) Act (1864) Amendment Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 111)

• Licensing Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 94)

• Licensing Act (Ireland) 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 69)

• Beer Licences Regulation (Ireland) Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 4)

• Beer Dealers’ Retail Licences (Amendment) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 34)

• Beer Retailers’ & Spirit Grocers’ Retail Licences (Ireland) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 30)

• Licensing (Ireland) Act 1902 (2 Edw. 7 c. 18)

• Intoxicating Liquor (General) Act 1924 (62/1924), parts I, II and V

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1927 (15/1927), parts I, II, III, IV, and VI

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1943 (7/1943)

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1946 (33/1946)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1952 (15/1952), part VI

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1953 (30/1953)

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1960 (18/1960), in so far as it amends and extends the Licensing Acts 1833 to 1953

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1962 (21/1962), in so far as it amends and extends the Licensing Acts 1833 TO 1960

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1977 (8/1977)

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1981 (5/1981), in so far as it amends the Licensing Acts 1833 to 1977

• Intoxicating Liquor (National Concert Hall) Act 1983 (34/1983)

• Courts (No. 2) Act 1986 (26/1986), ss. 4 , 6 and 7 and, in so far as they relate to the law on intoxicating liquor, s. 9 and sch. 1

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988 (16/1988), in so far as it amends and extends the Licensing Acts 1833 to 1986

• Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994 (18/1994), part IX

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1995 (33/1995), other than s. 5(2)

• National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 (11/1997), in so far as it amends or extends the Licensing Acts 1833 to 1995

• Licensing (Combating Drug Abuse) Act 1997 (33/1997), ss. 2 and 21, in so far as they relate to intoxicating liquor licences and ss. 17 and 20

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1999 (32/1999), in so far as it amends and extends the Licensing Acts 1833 to 1997

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 2000 (17/2000), in so far as it amends and extends the Licensing Acts 1833 to 1999

• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 (16/2003)

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 (31/2003), in so far as it amends and extends the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2003

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 2004 (34/2004)

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 (17/2008), s. 3, part 2 and sch. 1, in so far as they amend and extend the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2004

• Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Act 2010 (9/2010), s. 1

• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (23/2011), s. 17

• Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Act 2018 (1/2018)

• Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Act 2018 (17/2018)

Acts previously included in the group but now repealed or spent are:

• Intoxicating Liquors (Sale to Children) Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 56)

• Licensing (Ireland) Act 1905 (5 Edw. 7. c. 3), parts I, II and V

• Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Act 1929 (14/1929)

• Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1929 (20/1929)

Acts previously to be construed with the group but no longer in force are:

• Intoxicating Liquors (Sale to Children) Act 1901 (1 Edw. 7 c. 27)

• Intoxicating Liquor (Occasional Licences) Act 1932 (6/1932)

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Act 2018 (17/2016)

• Courts Act 2016 (22/2016)

• National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Act 2011 (33/2011)

• National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003 (10/2003)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1998 (45/1998)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1995 (13/1995)

• Finance Act 1993 (13/1993)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1987 (11/1987)

• Courts (No. 2) Act 1986 (26/1986)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1983 (31/1983)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1979 (22/1979)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1975(26/1975)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1972 (28/1972)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1970 (16/1970)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1968 (29/1968)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1966 (3/1966)

• Superannuation and Pensions Act 1963 (24/1963)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1963 (22/1963)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1961 (37/1961)

• Intoxicating Liquor Act 1960 (18/1960)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1959 (27/1959)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1957 (27/1957)

• Tourist Traffic Act 1955 (5/1955)

All Acts up to and including Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), enacted 14 October 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 6) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 413 of 2020)

• Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 356 of 2020)

• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 352 of 2020)

• Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 326 of 2020)

• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)

• Tourism and Sport (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 140 of 2011)

• Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 18 of 1993)

• Tourism (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1993...