Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000

Amendment of section 15 (general exemption orders) of Act of 1962.

11.—Section 15 (general exemption orders) of the Act of 1962 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsections (1) and (2):

“(1) A general exemption order shall not be granted for any period beginning—

(a) in case the order is for the accommodation of persons attending a public market or fair, before 5.00 a.m., or

(b) in case the order is for the accommodation of persons following any lawful trade or calling (other than fishing in tidal waters), before 7.00 a.m.,

and ending, in either case, later than the latest time at which it would otherwise be lawful for the applicant for the order to sell intoxicating liquor on the licensed premises concerned.”.