Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988

Employment of persons under the age of 18 years.

38.—(1) The holder of a licence of any licensed premises shall not employ—

(a) any person being his sister, step-sister, daughter, step-daughter or sister-in-law who resides with him and is under the age of 16 years, or

(b) any person being his brother, step-brother, son, step-son or brother-in-law who resides with him and is under the age of 16 years, or

(c) any person being a person who is apprenticed to the holder of the licence and is under the age of 16 years, or

(d) any person under the age of 18 years other than a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this subsection who is over the age of 16 years,

to sell intoxicating liquor for consumption on or off his licensed premises nor shall such holder of a licence permit any such person to engage in any such sale in his licensed premises.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—

(a) £50, in the case of a first offence, or

(b) £100, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence,

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.