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Definitions.
“The metropolitan district.”
“Town.”
35 & 36 Vict. c. 79.
“Populous place.”
“Occasional license.”
25 & 26 Vict. c. 22.
27 & 28 Vict. c. 18.
“A new license.”
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32. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, the following expressions have the meanings herein-after respectively assigned to them; that is to say,
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“The metropolitan district” means the area in that behalf mentioned in the schedule hereto.
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“Town” means an urban sanitary district as described for the purposes of the [1]
Public Health Act, 1872; and any collection of houses adjacent to a town as so defined shall, for the purpose of the provisions of this Act with respect to the closing of premises, be deemed to be part of such town after it has been declared so to be by an order of the county licensing committee having jurisdiction in the place where such houses are situated: Provided that no urban sanitary district, whether including such adjacent houses or not, shall be deemed a town, unless it contains one thousand inhabitants.
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“Populous place” means any area with a population of not less than one thousand, which by reason of the density of such population the county licensing committee may by order determine to be a populous place.
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At a meeting especially convened for that purpose in manner provided by any regulations in that behalf, or in default of such regulations by the clerk of the peace, as soon as may be after the passing of this Act, and not later than the first day of September one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, the county licensing committee shall consider all the cases within their jurisdiction with respect to which it is incumbent upon them to make orders in pursuance of this section, and they shall make orders accordingly, and shall specify therein the boundaries of such towns or populous places.
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The county licensing committee may adjourn any meeting held in pursuance of this section, and may also at any subsequent meeting especially convened for that purpose make with respect to any town or populous place within their jurisdiction any like order not restrictive of any order previously made.
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Provided that as soon as may be after the publication of each census the county licensing committee shall, at a meeting to be specially convened for the purpose, revise the orders then in force within their jurisdiction constituting areas either parts of towns or populous places, and may alter or cancel any of the said orders or may make such further orders, if any, as they shall deem necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act.
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“Occasional license” means a license to sell beer, spirits, or wine granted in pursuance of the thirteenth section of the Revenue Act, 1862, section five of the Revenue (No. 1) Act, 1864, and the Acts amending the same in relation to the licenses therein mentioned, or of any of such Acts.
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“A new license” means a license for the sale of any intoxicating liquor granted at a general annual licensing meeting in respect of premises in respect of which a similar license has not theretofore been granted.
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[S. 33 rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39. (S.L.R.)]
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[1 This Act is rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 55. s. 343; see s. 313; 54 & 55 Vict. c. 76. s. 142; see subs. 7.] |
