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Sale of intoxicating liquor to persons under the age of 18 years.
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31.—(1) The holder of any licence shall not—
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(a) sell or deliver or permit any person to sell or deliver intoxicating liquor to a person under the age of 18 years,
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(b) sell or deliver or permit any person to sell or deliver intoxicating liquor to any person for consumption on his licensed premises by a person under the age of 18 years,
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(c) permit a person under the age of 18 years to consume intoxicating liquor on his licensed premises, or
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(d) permit any person to supply a person under the age of 18 years with intoxicating liquor on his licensed premises.
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(2) The holder of a licence of any licensed premises shall not sell or deliver or permit any person to sell or deliver intoxicating liquor to any person for consumption off his licensed premises by a person under the age of 18 years in any place other than a private residence.
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(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—
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(a) £300, in the case of a first offence, or
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(b) £500, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence,
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and the offence shall be deemed for the purposes of Part III (which relates to the endorsement of licences) of the Act of 1927 to be an offence to which that Part of that Act applies.
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(4) In any proceedings against a person for a contravention of subsection (1) or (2) of this section, it shall be a defence for such person to prove that the person in respect of whom the charge is brought produced to him an age card relating to such person or that he had other reasonable grounds for believing that such person was over the age of 18 years, or, if the person is charged with permitting another person to sell or deliver intoxicating liquor contrary to the said subsection (1) or (2), to prove that an age card was produced by the person concerned to that other person or that that other person had other reasonable grounds for believing as aforesaid.
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