Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1960

Rateable valuations in applications for licences.

33.—(1) (a) Section 5 (which provides for minimum valuations of certain licensed premises) of the Act of 1902 is hereby amended by the substitution for “the premises shall be valued under the Irish Valuation Acts at” of “the rateable valuation, as defined in the Interpretation Act, 1937 , of the premises shall be”.

(b) Section 21 (which provides for the grant of new licences in respect of more convenient premises) of the Act of 1943 is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph:

“(d) that the rateable valuation of the new premises is not less than the rateable valuation of the existing premises, and”.

(2) In construing section 5, as amended by this section, of the Act of 1902, section 21, as amended by this section, of the Act of 1943, and section 13 of this Act, “rateable valuation” shall be deemed to include a provisional valuation issued by the Commissioner of Valuation.