Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927

Alternative prohibited hours in sports clubs.

57.—(1) A sports club shall be eligible to be registered under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 if instead of complying with the appropriate provisions of the preceding section the rules of such club (in addition to the matters mentioned in section 4 of the said Act) provide that no excisable liquor shall be supplied for consumption on the club premises to any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises) or be consumed on the club premises by any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises)—

(a) on any day (not being Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or Saint Patrick's Day)—

(i) during the months of May, June, and July before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of half-past ten in the evening, or

(ii) during any month other than the months of May, June, and July before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or

(b) on any Sunday or Good Friday—

(i) during a period appointed by or under the Summer Time Act, 1925 (No. 8 of 1925) to be a period of summer time at any time except during such stated period or periods not exceeding in the whole seven hours and not commencing before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon and not ending after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during any time which is not appointed to be a period of summer time, before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of eight o'clock in the evening, or

(c) on Saint Patrick's Day before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of eight o'clock in the evening, or

(d) on Christmas Day before the hour of twelve o'clock noon or after the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon.