Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1960

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Prohibited hours in club.

6.—(1) The following section is hereby substituted for section 56 of the Act of 1927:

“56.—(1) In order that a club may be eligible to be registered under the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1960, the rules of the club shall (in addition to the matters mentioned in section 4 of the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 ) provide that, subject to the exceptions specified in subsection (2) of this section, no excisable liquor shall be supplied for consumption on the club premises to any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises) or be consumed on the club premises by any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises)—

(a) on any week-day, before the hour of half-past ten o'clock in the morning or—

(i) during the months of June, July, August and September, after the hour of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during any other month, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening,

or, if the club is situate in a county borough, between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, or

(b) on Saint Patrick's Day or on any Sunday, before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon or between the hours of two o'clock and five o'clock in the afternoon or—

(i) during the months of June, July, August and September, after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during any other month, after the hour of eight o'clock in the evening,

or

(c) at any time on Christmas Day or Good Friday.

(2) Nothing contained in the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1960, or contained by virtue only of the operation of subsection (1) of this section, in the rules of a club registered under those Acts shall operate to prohibit the supplying for consumption on the club premises of excisable liquor to any person or the consumption of excisable liquor on the club premises by any person—

(a) on any week-day—

(i) during the months of June, July, August and September, after the hour of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during any other month, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening,

or, if the club is situate in a county borough, between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, or

(b) on Saint Patrick's Day or any Sunday, between the hours of two o'clock and three o'clock in the afternoon, or—

(i) during the months of June, July, August and September, between the hours of nine o'clock and ten o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during any other month, between the hours of eight o'clock and ten o'clock in the evening,

or

(c) on Christmas Day, between the hours of one o'clock and three o'clock in the afternoon or the hours of seven o'clock and ten o'clock in the evening,

if, in each case, the excisable liquor is—

(I) ordered by that person at the same time as a substantial meal is ordered by him,

(II) consumed at the same time as and with the meal,

(III) supplied and consumed in the portion of the club premises usually set apart for the supply of meals, and

(IV) paid for at the same time as the meal is paid for.

(3) The Dublin Metropolitan District shall be deemed to be a county borough for the purposes of this section.

(4) In this section ‘week day’ and ‘Sunday’ have the meanings assigned to them by section 1 of this Act.”

(2) (a) For the purposes of the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1960, the rules of a club which at the date of the passing of this Act is registered under those Acts shall, during the transitional period, be deemed to be in conformity with the provisions of section 56, as amended by this section, of the Act of 1927.

(b) In this subsection “transitional period” means the period beginning on the date of the passing of this Act and ending, either, when the certificate of registration of the club which is in force two months after that date expires, or, if it should sooner happen, when the rules of the club are brought into conformity with the said section 56, as so amended.