Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988

PART V

Registered Clubs

Amendment of section 4 of Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904.

42.—(1) Section 4 of the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 , is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (j) of the following paragraphs:

“(j) That no excisable liquors shall be sold or supplied in the club premises to any person under the age of eighteen years:

(k) That no person under the age of eighteen years shall be admitted as a member of the club unless the club is one primarily devoted to some athletic purpose:”.

(2) (a) For the purposes of the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1986, 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 4 (as amended by this section) of the Registration of Clubs Act, 1904 .

(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 4, as so amended.