Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000

Amendment of section 14 (exemptions for premises having special restaurant licences) of Act of 1988.

12.—Section 14 of the Act of 1988 (as amended by section 6 of the Act of 1995) is amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (1):

“(1) It shall not be lawful for any person, in any premises to which a special restaurant licence is attached, to—

(a) sell or expose for sale, or

(b) open or keep open the premises for the sale of, or

(c) permit the consumption on the premises of,

any intoxicating liquor at any time on Good Friday or outside the hours specified hereunder in respect of the following days—

(i) Christmas Day:

between 12.00 midday and 10.00 p.m.;

(ii) any other day:

between 12.30 p.m. and one hour after the expiration of any period during which it is lawful, by virtue of section 2(1)(b) of the Act of 1927, to sell intoxicating liquor on licensed premises on the evening of that day or, as the case may be, on the morning of the following day.

(1A) References in subsection (1)(ii) to section 2(1)(b) of the Act of 1927 are to that provision as substituted by section 3 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000.”.