Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1962

General exemption orders.

15.—(1) A general exemption order for the accommodation of persons attending a public market or fair shall not be granted for any day for any time before the hour of five o'clock in the morning or for any time—

(a) during a period of summer time, after the hour of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening, or

(b) during a period which is not a period of summer time, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening.

(2) A general exemption order for the accommodation of persons following any lawful trade or calling (other than fishing in tidal waters) shall not be granted for any day before the hour of seven o'clock in the morning or for any time—

(a) during a period of summer time, after the hour of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening, or

(b) during a period which is not a period of summer time, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening.

(3) A general exemption order shall not be granted in respect of premises situate in the county borough of Dublin unless a general exemption order was in force in respect of the premises on the 19th day of April, 1962, or at any time during the two years immediately preceding that date.

(4) The preceding provisions of this section shall not affect the validity of general exemption orders granted before the commencement of this Act, but those provisions shall apply in relation to the renewal of such orders.

(5) In this section “general exemption order” means an order granted under section 4 of the Act of 1927.