Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018
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Advertisements in publications | ||
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18. (1) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), a person shall not publish, or cause to be published, a publication where more than 20 per cent of the advertising space in the publication concerned comprises advertisements for alcohol products. | ||
(2) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), a person shall not advertise, or cause to be advertised, an alcohol product— | ||
(a) in a publication aimed particularly at children, | ||
(b) in a publication, or on a page of a publication which is intended or likely to include a readership of which more than 20 per cent comprise children, | ||
(c) on the front or back cover of a publication, or | ||
(d) on any wrapper, envelope or other covering of a publication. | ||
(3) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), a person shall not import for sale in the State— | ||
(a) a publication where more than 20 per cent of the advertising space in the publication concerned comprises advertisements for alcohol products, | ||
(b) a publication containing an advertisement that contravenes subsection (2), | ||
(c) a publication containing an advertisement that contravenes subsection (2) of section 13 , or | ||
(d) a publication containing an advertisement that contravenes subsection (7) of section 13 . | ||
(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence. | ||
(5) This section shall not apply to a publication that is— | ||
(a) not intended for sale or distribution in the State, | ||
(b) directed solely at persons who carry on, in whole or in part, the business of selling or distributing alcohol products, or | ||
(c) a specialist publication the content of which relates solely to alcohol products. | ||
(6) Subsection (1), paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) shall not apply to a publication that is published by or on behalf of the holder of an off-licence attached to a premises in relation to which sales comprise wholly or mainly alcohol products, where such publication is intended to promote the sale of alcohol products in that premises. |