Licensing (Combating Drug Abuse) Act, 1997

Amendment of section 4 of Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986 (Grant of renewal of intoxicating liquor licences without court certificates).

19.Section 4 of the Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986 , is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by the insertion after “preceding year” of “or of a licence which has been suspended pursuant to an order under section 18 (1) of the Licensing (Combating Drug Abuse) Act, 1997”, and the said subsection, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section, and

(b) in subsection (11), by the insertion after paragraph (d) (inserted by section 18 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988 ) of the following paragraph:

“(e) that the licence has been suspended pursuant to an order under section 18 (1) of the Licensing (Combating Drug Abuse) Act, 1997.”.

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(2) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, where a renewal is required of a licence for premises which have been licensed in the immediately preceding year or of a licence which has been suspended pursuant to an order under section 18 (1) of the Licensing (Combating Drug Abuse) Act, 1997, it shall not be necessary to produce a certificate of the District Court to an officer of the Revenue Commissioners empowered to grant a renewal of such a licence.