Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988

Prohibited hours in premises having special restaurant licence.

14.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person, in any premises to which a special restaurant licence applies, to—

(a) sell or expose for sale, or

(b) open or keep open the premises for the sale of, or

(c) permit the consumption on the premises of,

any intoxicating liquor—

(i) on any weekday, between the hours of half-past twelve o'clock in the morning and half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, or

(ii) on any Sunday, between the hours of half-past twelve o'clock in the morning and half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, or between the hours of three o'clock and six o'clock in the afternoon, or between the hours of eleven o'clock in the evening and half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon of the next following day, or

(iii) on Christmas Day, between the hours of half-past twelve o'clock in the morning and one o'clock in the afternoon or between the hours of three o'clock in the afternoon and seven o'clock in the evening or between the hours of ten o'clock in the evening and half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon of the next following day, or

(iv) at any time on Good Friday or between the hours of twelve o'clock midnight and half-past twelve o'clock in the morning of the next following Saturday.

(2) The provisions of the Act of 1927 relating to prohibited hours shall apply to any premises to which a special restaurant licence applies as if subsection (1) of this section were substituted for subsection (1) of section 2 (inserted by this Act) of that Act, and as if the reference to a restaurant in section 3 of that Act included a restaurant in respect of which a special restaurant licence has been granted, and the Act of 1927 shall be construed and have effect accordingly.