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17 2008

Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Short title, collective citations, construction and commencement.

1 .— (1) This Act may be cited as the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008.

(2) The Licensing Acts 1833 to 2004 and section 3 , Part 2 and Schedule 1 , in so far as they amend and extend those Acts, may be cited together as the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2008 and shall be construed together as one.

(3) The Courts of Justice Acts 1924 to 1961 and section 8 (a), to the extent that it extends those Acts, may be cited together as the Courts of Justice Acts 1924 to 2008 and shall be construed together as one.

(4) The Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 2004 and sections 14 and 16 , in so far as they amend and extend those Acts, may be cited together as the Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 2008 and shall be construed together as one.

(5) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may fix by order, either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions.

Interpretation.

2 .— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“ Act of 1910 ” means the Finance (1909-10) Act 1910;

“ Act of 1927 ” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1927 ;

“ Act of 1960 ” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1960 ;

“ Act of 1962 ” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1962 ;

“ Act of 1986 ” means the Courts (No. 2) Act 1986 ;

“ Act of 1988 ” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988 ;

“ Act of 1994 ” means the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 ;

“ Act of 2000 ” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2000 ;

“ Act of 2003 ” means the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 ;

“ Act of 2006 ” means the Criminal Justice Act 2006 ;

“beer retailer’s off-licence” has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 1910;

“licence” means a licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor, whether granted on production or without production of a certificate of the Circuit Court or District Court;

“licensed premises” means premises in respect of which a licence is in force and, in relation to a licensee, means the licensed premises of the licensee;

“ licensee ” means the holder of a licence;

“ Minister ” means the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform;

“off-licence” means a licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption off the premises;

“on-licence” means a licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption either on or off the premises;

“ spirit retailer’s off-licence ” has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 1910;

“ wine retailer’s off-licence ” has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 1910.

Repeal.

3 .— Subsection (2) (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 2000) of section 3 of the Act of 1927 is repealed.