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15 1927

INTOXICATING LIQUOR ACT, 1927

PART V.

Clubs.

Interpretation.

55. —(1) All words used in this Part of this Act which are also used in the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 have the same meaning in this Part of this Act as they respectively have in that Act.

(2) In this Part of this Act the expression “sports club” means a club the main object of which is the promotion of any outdoor pastime, sport, game, or recreation amongst its members.

Prohibited hours in clubs.

56. —(1) In order that a club situate in a county borough or any part of the Dublin Metropolitan area may be eligible to be registered under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 the rules of the club shall (in addition to the matters mentioned in section 4 of the said Act) provide that no excisable liquor shall be supplied for consumption on the club premises to any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises) or be consumed on the club premises by any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises)—

(a) on any day (not being a Saturday or a Sunday or Good Friday, Christmas Day or Saint Patrick's Day) before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or between the hours of three o'clock and five o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or

(b) on any Saturday (not being Christmas Day or Saint Patrick's Day) before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or between the hours of three o'clock and five o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of half-past nine o'clock in the evening, or

(c) on any Sunday before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon or between the hours of three o'clock and six o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening, or

(d) at any time on Christmas Day, Good Friday, or Saint Patrick's Day.

(2) In order that a club situate outside the Dublin Metropolitan area but in an urban county district or a town having Commissioners under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 the population of which district or town according to the census which is for the time being the last census exceeds five thousand may be eligible to be registered under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 the rules of the club shall (in addition to the matters mentioned in section 4 of the said Act) provide that no excisable liquor shall be supplied for consumption on the club premises to any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises) or be consumed on the club premises by any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises)—

(a) on any day (not being a Saturday or a Sunday, or Good Friday, Christmas Day, or Saint Patrick's Day) before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or

(b) on any Saturday (not being Christmas Day or Saint Patrick's Day) before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or after the hour of half-past nine o'clock in the evening, or

(c) on any Sunday before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon or between the hours of three o'clock and six o'clock in the evening or after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening, or

(d) at any time on Christmas Day, Good Friday, or Saint Patrick's Day.

(3) In order that a club situate in any place not being in the Dublin Metropolitan area a county borough or in such urban county district or town as is mentioned in the foregoing sub-section may be eligible for registration under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 the rules of the club shall (in addition to the matters mentioned in section 4 of the said Act) provide that no excisable liquor shall be supplied for consumption on the club premises to any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises) or be consumed on the club premises by any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises)—

(a) on any day (not being a Saturday or a Sunday or Good Friday, Christmas Day, or Saint Patrick's Day)—

(i) during a period appointed by or under the Summer Time Act, 1925 (No. 8 of 1925) to be a period of summer time, before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during any time which is not appointed by or under the said Summer Time Act, 1925 , to be a period of summer time, before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning or after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening, or

(b) on any Saturday (not being Christmas Day or St. Patrick's Day)—

(i) during a period appointed by or under the Summer Time Act, 1925 to be a period of summer time, before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or after the hour of half-past nine o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during any time which is not appointed by or under the Summer Time Act, 1925 to be a period of summer time, before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning or after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening, or

(c) on any Sunday before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon or between the hours of three o'clock and six o'clock in the evening or after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening, or

(d) at any time on Christmas Day, Good Friday, or Saint Patrick's Day.

(4) This section shall not apply to any club which at the passing of this Act is registered under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 until the expiration of the certificate of registration of such club which shall be in force at the expiration of two months from the passing of this Act.

Alternative prohibited hours in sports clubs.

57. —(1) A sports club shall be eligible to be registered under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 if instead of complying with the appropriate provisions of the preceding section the rules of such club (in addition to the matters mentioned in section 4 of the said Act) provide that no excisable liquor shall be supplied for consumption on the club premises to any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises) or be consumed on the club premises by any person (other than a member of the club lodging in the club premises)—

(a) on any day (not being Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or Saint Patrick's Day)—

(i) during the months of May, June, and July before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of half-past ten in the evening, or

(ii) during any month other than the months of May, June, and July before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or

(b) on any Sunday or Good Friday—

(i) during a period appointed by or under the Summer Time Act, 1925 (No. 8 of 1925) to be a period of summer time at any time except during such stated period or periods not exceeding in the whole seven hours and not commencing before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon and not ending after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during any time which is not appointed to be a period of summer time, before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of eight o'clock in the evening, or

(c) on Saint Patrick's Day before the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of eight o'clock in the evening, or

(d) on Christmas Day before the hour of twelve o'clock noon or after the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon.

Breach of club rules relating to prohibited hours.

58. —(1) If any excisable liquor is supplied for consumption on the premises of a club registered under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 or is consumed on the premises of any such club by any person in contravention of the rules of such club relating to the supplying and consumption of excisable liquor on the premises of such club, such club shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds or, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding forty pounds.

(2) Proceedings under this section may be brought against a club in the name under which it is registered under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 and any summons or other document required to be served on a club for the purpose or in the course of such proceedings may be served on the secretary of the club and any warrant for the recovery of the amount of a fine imposed on a club under this section may be executed against the goods and chattels of the club.

Objections to grant of certificate.

59. —The objections to the grant of a certificate which may be considered by the court under section 5 of the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904 shall include an objection taken on the ground that the rules of the club for the admission of honorary or temporary members are in the opinion of the court unsatisfactory or unsuitable.