Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003

Supply of intoxicating liquor to drunken persons by non-licensees.

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5. —(1) A person (not being a licensee) shall not—

(a) purchase intoxicating liquor for supply to, or consumption by, a drunken person on licensed premises, or

(b) supply intoxicating liquor to a drunken person on any such premises.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence under this section and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—

(a) for a first offence, F2[3,000], or

(b) for a second or any subsequent offence, F2[5,000]

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Amendments:

F2

Substituted (30.07.2008) by Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 (17/2008), s. 17 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 286 of 2008. A fine of €3,000 translates into a class B fine, not greater than €4,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 5(3) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.

A fine of €5,000 translates into a class A fine, not greater than €5,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 4(3) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.