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This law amends the licensing Acts 1833 to 2003 and is mainly concerned with combating drunkenness and disorderly conduct as well as addressing the problems of underage and binge drinking and is intended to improve compliance with and enforcement of the intoxicating liquor code.
- Provisions relating to the sale and supply of intoxicating liquor to drunken persons and drunkenness on licensed premises
- Duty on licensees to preserve order and prevention of disorderly conduct on licensed premises
- Temporary closure of licensed premises where a licensee is convicted of certain offences
- Amendment of prohibited hours on Thursday (Closing time to be brought back to 11.30pm)
- Revised provisions relating to special exemption orders, including a role for local authorities in determining the duration of such order in their areas
- Prohibition of entertainment during drinking up time
- Provision of intoxicating liquor to persons under 18 ; restrictions on persons under 18 in bars of licensed premises; production of evidence of age by persons between 18 and 21; offences by persons under the age of 18
- Consumption of intoxicating liquor in the vicinity of licensed premises
- Entry, inspection, etc of licensed premises by members of the Garda Siochana. This will permit enforcement of the licensing laws by non- uniformed Gardaí
- Jurisdiction of the District Court in cases of prohibited conduct under the Equal Status Act 2000 on licensed premises. This involves a transfer of jurisdiction from the Equality Tribunal (ODEI) in such cases.
- Prohibition on supply of intoxicating liquor at reduced price. This will prohibit lower price sales of alcohol during a limited period on any day, ie Happy Hours
- Licenses to national sporting arenas
- Provision for ministerial regulations in relation to prohibiting or restricting practices likely to encourage excessive consumption of alcohol and the particulars to be affixed to containers in which intoxicating liquor is sold for consumption off the premises.
- Amendment of section 15 of the Equal Status Act 2000. The amendments will safeguard the discretion of licensees in relation to presence of persons under 18 in bars of licensed premises and will permit a licensee to set an minimum age for the sale and consumption of intoxicating liquor which is above the statutory minimum of 18
Contact Department: Justice, Equality & Law Reform
Signed by the President on: 14.07.2003
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