Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1962
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Festival clubs. |
13.—(1) Where, on application to it under section 11 of this Act or section 5 of the Act of 1927 the District Court is satisfied that— | |
(a) a festival consisting wholly or mainly of the presentation of performances of music, dancing or plays or showings of films or of any combination of such performances or showings is being held, and | ||
(b) a bona fide club has been formed by the organisers of the festival the members of which are either persons performing at the festival or persons paying a single subscription the payment of which entitles them to attend each event of the festival or each event of a particular class, being a class constituting a significant part of the festival, or one event, at least, on each of five or more consecutive days, and | ||
(c) a social function is being held at a place that is either a place to which no licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor is attached or is a hotel or restaurant by the members of the club, being a function that takes place during the period of the festival or a function that begins on the last day of the festival and ends on that day or on the day following that day, | ||
the Court may, notwithstanding anything contained in section 11 of this Act, or section 5 of the Act of 1927, and irrespective of whether or not a substantial meal is to be served to persons attending the function, grant, upon such conditions as it thinks proper, either an occasional licence or a special exemption order, as may be appropriate, authorising the person making the application (being, in the case of an application for an occasional licence, the holder of an on-licence and, in the case of an application for a special exemption order, the holder of an on-licence for the premises to which the application relates) to sell at the place at which the function is being held, during such times and (subject to subsection (5) of section 11 of this Act or subsection (3) of section 5 of the Act of 1927) on such day or days as may be specified in the licence or order, as the case may be, such intoxicating liquor as he is authorised to sell by the on-licence aforesaid. | ||
(2) It shall be a condition of an occasional licence or special exemption order granted in relation to a social function by virtue of this section that the sale of intoxicating liquor pursuant to the licence or order be confined to members of the club by whom the function is being held and to persons holding an invitation to the function (being a written invitation stating the name of the person invited issued not later than twenty-fours hours before the commencement of the function) from the organisers of the festival during which the function is being held, that a list of the names of the members of the club and the persons invited to the function be kept by the organisers of the festival, that the list be open to inspection by the Garda Síochána and that the function be held in compliance with the relevant provisions of section 11 of this Act and section 5 of the Act of 1927 and of this section. | ||
(3) An occasional licence or special exemption order shall not be granted for a social function by virtue of this section unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Court that the organisers of the festival during which the function is being held support the application. | ||
(4) An application shall not be granted by virtue of this section in respect of more than one social function on any day in relation to any festival. | ||
(5) In this section “hotel” and “restaurant” have the meanings assigned to them by the Act of 1927. |