Excise Licences Act, 1825

Persons licensed under this Act to retail coffee, tea, &c. in Ireland, shall be deemed grocers, entitled to a spirit retail licence under the provisions of this Act and former laws.

4. All persons who shall be duly licensed under this Act to deal in or sell coffee, tea, cocoa nuts, chocolate, or pepper, shall be deemed grocers, within the meaning of the several laws of excise in force in Ireland at and immediately before the passing of this Act, and shall be entitled to take out the licence herein-before mentioned to retail spirits, in any quantity not exceeding two quarts at any one time, to be consumed elsewhere than in the house or on the premises of such retailer, subject nevertheless to all and every the regulations contained in the said laws, or any of them, in respect of grocers retailing spirits, except so far as the same are repealed or altered by this Act.