Inebriates Act, 1888

Licensee may appoint a deputy.

42 & 43 Vict. c. 19.

3. Subject to the approval of the Local Authority granting a licence for a retreat, the licensee of any retreat may from time to time appoint a deputy to act for him during his temporary absence, and such deputy shall during the absence of the licensee have and exercise all powers, and be subject to all the duties, disabilities, prohibitions, and penalties imposed upon the licensee of such retreat under the provisions of the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879. Provided always that the appointment of such deputy shall not entitle him to act for such licensee during any period or periods exceeding in all six weeks in any one year.