National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997
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PART VII Miscellaneous | ||
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Grant of licence for sale of intoxicating liquor. |
62.—(1) Subject to subsection (5), the Minister may, if he or she thinks it proper that an on-licence should be granted to a person or persons, being the Board or the Governors and Guardians or the board of any institution specified in the Second Schedule in respect of any particular part of premises occupied by the person or persons and vested in the Commissioners or the Minister, as the case may be, issue to the person or persons, a certificate approving of the grant of the licence. | |
(2) The Revenue Commissioners shall grant the licence on the presentation of the certificate to them. | ||
(3) The Minister, if he or she so thinks proper, may from time to time issue to the person or persons referred to in subsection (1), a certificate approving of the renewal of the licence. | ||
(4) (a) The Minister, if he or she thinks it proper that the licence should be transferred or extended to another part of the premises occupied by a person or persons referred to in subsection (1) and vested in the Commissioners or should cease to apply to any part of the premises aforesaid, may issue to the person or persons aforesaid a certificate approving of the alterations. | ||
(b) Whenever such a certificate is presented to the Revenue Commissioners, they shall amend the licence accordingly. | ||
(5) The Minister shall not issue a certificate under this section in respect of the whole or any part of a premises unless the premises are specified in column (2) of the Second Schedule . | ||
(6) Notwithstanding section 2 (as amended by section 25 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988 , and section 2 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1995 ) of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927 , it shall be lawful for any person to sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor on any premises or any part of premises to which an on-licence granted under this section relates, or to open or keep open such premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor, or to permit any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on such premises at any time during which members of the public are permitted to enter and remain on such premises. | ||
(7) In this section “on-licence” has the meaning assigned to it by the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927 . |