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Nothing in this Act or 11 Geo. 4 & l Will. 4. c. 64. to affect the licences required by law to be taken out by brewers and dealers in beer, and by publicans.
Who shall be deemed dealers in beer.
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22. And whereas an Act was passed in this present session of Parliament, intituled “An Act to permit the general sale of beer and cyder by retail in England,” whereby the commissioners of excise are authorized and empowered to grant licences to persons to retail ale or beer or cyder without such persons obtaining or producing a certificate or authority granted to such persons by justices of the peace or magistrates: Be it further enacted, that nothing in the said Act or in this or any other Act contained shall extend or be deemed or construed to extend in any manner to interfere with the licences now required by law to be taken out and renewed by brewers of and dealers in beer, and persons keeping common inns, ale houses, and victualling houses, and selling beer, ale, and cyder, and wines and spirituous liquors, by retail, to be drank or consumed on the premises, but that all and every brewers and brewer of and dealer in beer shall take out such licences as are now by law required to be taken out by such brewers and dealers respectively; and every person who shall sell any beer or ale in quantities not less than four gallons and a half or two dozen reputed quart bottles, to be drank or consumed elsewhere than on the premises where sold, shall be deemed a dealer in beer; and every person who shall keep a common inn, alehouse, or victualling house, and sell beer, ale, and cyder, and wines and spirituous liquors, by retail, to be drank and consumed on the premises, shall take out the several licences now by law required, under the same rules, regulations, restrictions, powers, authorities, provisions, penalties, and forfeitures, as such licences are now granted and issued under.
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