Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003
Short title, collective citations, construction and commencement.
1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003.
(2) The Acts and this Act, in so far it amends and extends the Acts, may be cited together as the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2003 and shall be construed together as one.
(3) The Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 2003 and this Act, in so far as it amends and extends those Acts, may be cited together as the Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 2003 and shall be construed together as one.
(4) The Equal Status Act 2000 and section 25 may be cited together as the Equal Status Acts 2000 and 2003 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.
Annotations:
Editorial Notes:
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Power pursuant to subs. (5) exercised (18.08.2003, 29.09.2003) by Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 362 of 2003).
2. The 18th day of August 2003 is fixed as the day on which the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 (No. 31 of 2003), other than the following provisions, comes into operation:
(a) sections 10, 14, 15, 16(b)(ii) and 19;
(b) section 23 (in so far as it relates to section 19 of that Act and to section 34A of the Act of 1988);
(c) section 25 (in so far as it inserts subsection (3) of section 15 of the Equal Status Act 2000).
3. The 29th day of September 2003 is fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 (No. 31 of 2003) come into operation:
(a) sections 10, 14, 15, 16(b)(ii) and 19;
(b) section 23 (in so far as it relates to section 19 of that Act and to section 34A of the Act of 1988);
(c) section 25 (in so far as it inserts subsection (3) of section 15 of the Equal Status Act 2000).