Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1962
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Special exemption orders. |
12.—(1) Section 5 (which relates to special exemption orders) of the Act of 1927 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (5) (inserted by the Act of 1960) of the following subsections: | |
“(5) In this section ‘special occasion’ means— | ||
(a) (i) the occasion of a special event that is organised for the entertainment of the members of a particular association, organisation, or other like group, or | ||
(ii) the occasion of a private function | ||
in the premises in relation to which the special exemption order is sought and at which a substantial meal (the price (if any) of which is included in the price (if any) of admission to the event) is served to the persons attending the event, | ||
(b) the occasion of a dance that is held in a ballroom licensed under the Public Dance Halls Act, 1935 , and forming part of the premises in relation to which the special exemption order is sought being a dance at which a substantial meal (the price (if any) of which is included in the price (if any) of admission to the dance) is served to the persons attending the dance, or | ||
(c) the occasion of a dance that is held in such a ballroom on a day that, in the opinion of the Court, is a day of special festivity generally or in the locality in which the premises are situate. | ||
(6) Special exemption orders shall not be granted pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of this section for any premises in respect of more than six different days in a year. | ||
(7) A special exemption order shall contain as one of the terms thereof a condition that intoxicating liquor shall not be sold at the event to which the order relates during the hours specified in the order to persons other than those attending the event and that members of the public, other than persons attending the event, shall not be admitted to the part of the premises in which intoxicating liquor is being supplied or consumed pursuant to the order. | ||
(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, a special exemption order may be granted for a Sunday that is New Year's Day, New Year's Eve or St. Patrick's Day. | ||
(9) It shall be a condition of a special exemption order that the special event, private function or dance in relation to which it is granted be held in compliance with the relevant provisions of subsection (5) of this section.” | ||
(2) The following provisions shall apply in relation to special exemption orders granted before the commencement of this Act: | ||
(a) an order granted pursuant to an application made before the 19th day of April, 1962, or in respect of an event taking place within one month after the commencement of this Act shall continue in force, and | ||
(b) any other order shall continue in force but it shall be deemed to be a condition of the order that: | ||
(i) intoxicating liquor shall not be sold at the event to which the order relates during the hours specified in the order to persons other than those attending the event, and members of the public, other than persons attending the event, shall not be admitted to the part of the premises to which the order relates in which intoxicating liquor is being supplied or consumed pursuant to the order, and | ||
(ii) a substantial meal is served to the persons attending the event to which the order relates. |