Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000
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Amendment of section 56 (prohibited hours in clubs) of Act of 1927. |
7.—The Act of 1927 is amended by the substitution of the following for section 56 (as substituted by section 26 of the Act of 1988 and amended by section 5 of the Act of 1995): | |
“56.—(1) In order that a club may be eligible to be registered under the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1999, the rules of the club shall (in addition to the matters mentioned in section 4 of the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 ) provide that, subject to the exceptions specified in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, 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 those premises by any person (other than such a member)— | ||
(a) at any time on Christmas Day or Good Friday, or | ||
(b) on any other day, outside the hours specified in respect of that day in section 2(1)(b) (as substituted by section 3 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000) of this Act. | ||
(2) Nothing in the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1999, or contained, by virtue only of the operation of subsection (1) of this section, in the rules of a club registered under those Acts shall operate to prohibit the supplying for consumption on the club premises of excisable liquor to any person or the consumption of excisable liquor on those premises by any person— | ||
(a) on Christmas Day, between 12.00 midday and 10.00 p.m., or | ||
(b) on any other day, for one hour after the expiration of any period in respect of that day during which it is lawful for the club, by virtue of subsection (1)(b), to supply any excisable liquor for consumption on the club premises, | ||
if in each case the excisable liquor is— | ||
(i) ordered by or on behalf of that person at the same time as a substantial meal is so ordered, and | ||
(ii) consumed by that person during the meal or after the meal has ended. | ||
(3) (a) For the purposes of the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1999, the rules of a club which at the commencement of section 7 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000, is registered under those Acts, shall, during the transitional period, be deemed to be in conformity with this section. | ||
(b) In this subsection, ‘transitional period’ means the period beginning at such commencement and ending— | ||
(i) when the certificate of registration of the club which is in force two months after that date expires, or | ||
(ii) when the rules of the club are brought into conformity with this section, | ||
whichever first occurs.”. |