Finance Act, 2002

Amendment of section 49 of Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910 (grant of licences and date of expiration of licences).

86.Section 49 of the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910 , is amended by the insertion, after subsection (1), of the following subsection:

“(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or anything to the contrary in any other enactment, any licence commencing after the coming into operation of this subsection which is—

(a) a manufacturer's licence required by—

(i) a distiller of spirits,

(ii) a rectifier or compounder of spirits,

(iii) a brewer of beer for sale, or

(iv) a maker for sale of sweets,

(b) a beer retailer's on-licence,

(c) a cider retailer's on-licence,

(d) a sweets retailer's on-licence,

(e) a cider retailer's off-licence,

(f) a sweets retailer's off-licence,

(g) a railway restaurant car licence,

(h) a passenger vessel licence (annual),

(i) a passenger vessel licence (one day), or

(j) a passenger aircraft licence,

as is specified in the First Schedule to this Act, shall not be granted or renewed by the Revenue Commissioners unless a tax clearance certificate in relation to that licence has been issued in accordance with section 1094 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 .”.