Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915

Rate of reduction of licence duty where sale of liquor is curtailed. 5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 7. 5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 62.

5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 42.

17.(1) The amount of the repayment to be made to the holder of a retailer’s on-licence in cases to which subsection (1) of section nine of the Finance Act, 1914, (Session 2) (which provides for a reduction of licence duty where the sale of liquor is curtailed) as extended by section six of the Finance Act, 1915, applies, shall in all cases be one-fourth part of the whole duty payable by the licence holder in respect of his licence:

Provided that when the suspension in respect of which the repayment is made ceases owing to the expiration of the Act under which the suspension has been imposed, or owing to the cessation of the war, during the currency of the year for which the licence is in force, the repayment to be made for the year shall be such proportion of one-fourth of the whole duty as the expired part of the year bears to the whole year.

(2) Where in any year the hours of sale of intoxicating liquor have been restricted in any area by an order made by the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic) by virtue of regulations made in pursuance of the Defence of the Realm (Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 1915, the holder of a retailer’s off-licence for premises within the area shall be entitled to the same repayment in respect of his licence duty as that to which the holder of a retailer’s on-licence is entitled under subsection (1) of section nine of the Finance Act, 1914 (Session 2), as amended by this section.

(3) The holder of a retailer’s on-licence in Scotland shall not be entitled to the rebate of two-fifteenths of his licence duty under subsection (2) of section nine of the Finance Act, 1914 (Session 2), as well as to the repayment of one fourth part of his licence duty under this section; but nothing shall prevent the allowance of the rebate of two-fifteenths of his duty, after any repayment under this section ceases owing to the discontinuance of the suspension in respect of which that repayment is given.