Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927

Certain exemptions for hotels and restaurants.

13.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall operate to prohibit the holder of an on-licence in respect of premises which are for the time being a hotel or restaurant supplying intoxicating liquor to any person on such premises on any Saint Patrick's Day nor (unless his licence is a six-day licence) on any Sunday between the hours of one o'clock and three o'clock in the afternoon or the hours of six o'clock and nine o'clock in the evening, provided such intoxicating liquor is—

(a) ordered by such person at the same time as a substantial meal is ordered by such person, and

(b) is consumed at the same time as and with such meal, and

(c) is supplied and consumed in the portion of such premises usually set apart for the supply of meals, and

(d) is paid for at the same time as such meal is paid for.

(2) Nothing in this Act shall operate to prohibit the holder of an on-licence in respect of premises situate in a county borough which are for the time being a hotel or restaurant permitting intoxicating liquor to be consumed on such premises on any week-day between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, provided such intoxicating liquor is—

(a) supplied to such person before the hour of half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, and

(b) is consumed at the same time as and with a substantial meal begun before the said hour of half-past two o'clock, and

(c) is supplied and consumed in the portion of such premises usually set apart for the supply of meals.