Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1962

Amendment of section 56 of Act of 1927.

6.—(1) Section 56 (which was inserted by the Act of 1960 and relates to prohibited hours in clubs) of the Act of 1927 is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1):

“(a) on any week-day, before the hour of half-past ten o'clock in the morning, or—

(i) during a period of summer time, after the hour of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening, or

(ii) during a period which is not a period of summer time, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening,

or, if the club is situate in the county borough of Dublin or Cork, between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, or

(b) on Saint Patrick's Day or any Sunday, before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon or between the hours of two o'clock and four o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening, or”,

(b) the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2):

“(a) during a period of summer time, between the hours of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening on any week-day and half-past twelve o'clock in the morning on the following day, or

(b) during a period which is not a period of summer time, between the hours of eleven o'clock in the evening on any week-day and half-past twelve o'clock in the morning on the following day, or

(b1) if the premises are situate in the county borough of Dublin or Cork, between the hours of half-past two o'clock and half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, on any week-day, or

(b2) on Saint Patrick's Day or any Sunday, between the hours of two o'clock and three o'clock in the afternoon or between the hours of ten o'clock and eleven o'clock in the evening, or”, and

(c) the insertion in subsection (4) after “this section” of “‘period of summer time’”.

(2) (a) For the purposes of the Registration of Clubs Acts, the rules of a club which on the commencement of this Act is registered under those Acts shall, during the transitional period, be deemed to be in conformity with the provisions of section 56, as amended by this section, of the Act of 1927.

(b) In this subsection “transitional period” means the period beginning on the commencement of this Act and ending, either, when the certificate of registration of the club which is in force two months after that date expires, or, if it should sooner happen, when the rules of the club are brought into conformity with the said section 56, as so amended.