Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1960

Exemptions for hotels and restaurants.

5.—The following section is hereby substituted for section 13 of the Act of 1927:

“13. 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 from supplying intoxicating liquor to any person on the premises or from permitting intoxicating liquor to be consumed on the premises—

(a) on any week-day—

(i) during the months of June, July, August and September, after the hour of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during any other month, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening,

or, if the premises are situate in a county borough, between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, or

(b) on Saint Patrick's Day, or, unless his licence is a six-day licence, any Sunday, between the hours of two o'clock and three o'clock in the afternoon, or—

(i) during the months of June, July, August and September, between the hours of nine o'clock and ten o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during any other month, between the hours of eight o'clock and ten o'clock in the evening,

or

(c) on Christmas Day, between the hours of one o'clock and three o'clock in the afternoon or the hours of seven o'clock and ten o'clock in the evening,

if, in each case, the intoxicating liquor is—

(I) ordered by that person at the same time as a substantial meal is ordered by him,

(II) consumed at the same time as and with the meal,

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

(IV) paid for at the same time as the meal is paid for.”