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PART II.
Prohibited Hours.
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Prohibited hours generally.
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2.—(1) Save as is otherwise provided by this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person in any county borough to sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor or to open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor or to permit any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on licensed premises—
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(a) on any ordinary week day, before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning, or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or (subject to the exceptions hereinafter mentioned) between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, or
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(b) on any Saturday, before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or after the hour of half-past nine o'clock in the evening, or (subject to the exceptions hereinafter mentioned) between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, or
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(c) on any Sunday before the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of five o'clock in the afternoon, or
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(d) at any time on Christmas Day, Good Friday, or Saint Patrick's Day.
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The exceptions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this sub-section are—
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(i) that between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon on any week day the holder of an on-licence attached to premises situate in a county borough may receive on such premises orders (accompanied or not accompanied by payment) by post, telegraph, or telephone but not otherwise for intoxicating liquor to be consumed off the premises and to be delivered by such holder at the residence of the person so ordering the same or at a railway station but not otherwise and may so deliver the intoxicating liquor so ordered, but the person so ordering such intoxicating liquor shall not for the purposes of any other section of this Act be a person to whom intoxicating liquor may be lawfully sold or supplied on such premises between the said hours on the said days, and
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(ii) that between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon on any week day the holder of an off-licence attached to premises situate in a county borough may receive verbally or otherwise on such premises orders (accompanied or not accompanied by payment) for intoxicating liquor to be consumed off the premises and to be delivered by such holder at the residence of the person ordering the same or at a railway station but not otherwise and may so deliver the intoxicating liquor so ordered and may open and keep open the said premises for the purpose of receiving such orders and may expose on such premises intoxicating liquor for sale on such orders.
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(2) Save as is otherwise provided by this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person in any urban county district or town the population of which district or town according to the census which is for the time being the last census exceeds five thousand to sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor or to open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor or to permit any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on licensed premises—
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(a) on any ordinary week day, before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or
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(b) on any Saturday, before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or after the hour of half past nine o'clock in the evening, or
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(c) at any time on any Sunday or on Christmas Day, Good Friday, or Saint Patrick's Day.
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(3) Save as is otherwise provided by this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person in any place not being a county borough or such urban county district or town as is mentioned in the foregoing sub-section to sell or expose for sale or to open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor or to permit any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on licensed premises—
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(a) on any ordinary week day—
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(i) during a period of summer time, before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or
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(ii) during any time which is not a period of summer time, before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning or after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening, or
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(b) on any Saturday—
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(i) during a period of summer time before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or after the hour of half past nine o'clock in the evening, or
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(ii) during any time which is not a period of summer time, before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning or after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening, or
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(c) at any time on any Sunday or on Christmas Day, Good Friday, or Saint Patrick's Day.
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(4) Every person who shall sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor or open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor or permit any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on licensed premises in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds or, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding forty pounds.
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(5) Every reference in this Act to the provisions of this Act relating to prohibited hours shall be construed and have effect as a reference to the provisions of this section, and all references in this Act to prohibited hours or to times or hours in which the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by this Act shall be construed as references to the hours during which the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by this section.
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