Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988

Interpretation Part II .

6.—In this Part—

“applicant” means an applicant for the grant of a special restaurant licence;

“the Board” means Bord Fáilte Éireann;

“Bord Fáilte Certificate” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8 (2) of this Act;

“dining area” means the area set aside in a restaurant for the service and consumption of meals;

“owner”, in relation to a restaurant, includes any person having any estate or interest in the restaurant;

“restaurant” means any premises which are structurally adapted and used for the purpose of supplying substantial meals to the public for consumption on the premises and in which any other business carried on is ancillary and subsidiary to the provision of such meals;

“special restaurant licence” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7 (1) of this Act;

“waiting area” means an area—

(a) that is set aside as a waiting area in a restaurant for the purposes only of accommodating persons waiting to enter the dining area of the restaurant for the purpose of consuming a meal, and

(b) whose floor area does not exceed 20 per cent. of the floor area of the dining area of the restaurant.