Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018

Advertisements in publications

18. (1) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), a person shall not publish, or cause to be published, a publication where more than 20 per cent of the advertising space in the publication concerned comprises advertisements for alcohol products.

(2) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), a person shall not advertise, or cause to be advertised, an alcohol product—

(a) in a publication aimed particularly at children,

(b) in a publication, or on a page of a publication which is intended or likely to include a readership of which more than 20 per cent comprise children,

(c) on the front or back cover of a publication, or

(d) on any wrapper, envelope or other covering of a publication.

(3) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), a person shall not import for sale in the State—

(a) a publication where more than 20 per cent of the advertising space in the publication concerned comprises advertisements for alcohol products,

(b) a publication containing an advertisement that contravenes subsection (2),

(c) a publication containing an advertisement that contravenes subsection (2) of section 13 , or

(d) a publication containing an advertisement that contravenes subsection (7) of section 13 .

(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) This section shall not apply to a publication that is—

(a) not intended for sale or distribution in the State,

(b) directed solely at persons who carry on, in whole or in part, the business of selling or distributing alcohol products, or

(c) a specialist publication the content of which relates solely to alcohol products.

(6) Subsection (1), paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) shall not apply to a publication that is published by or on behalf of the holder of an off-licence attached to a premises in relation to which sales comprise wholly or mainly alcohol products, where such publication is intended to promote the sale of alcohol products in that premises.