Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003

Disorderly conduct.

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8. —(1) A person shall not engage in disorderly conduct on licensed premises.

(2) A person who engages in such disorderly conduct—

(a) shall leave the licensed premises concerned on being requested to do so by the licensee or a member of the Garda Síochána, and

(b) shall not re-enter the bar of the licensed premises within a period of 24 hours after so acting.

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

(a) for a first offence, €300, or

(b) for a second or any subsequent offence, €500.

(4) A member of the Garda Síochána may arrest without warrant any person committing an offence under this section or whom the member, with reasonable cause, suspects of being guilty of such an offence.

(5) It shall not be unlawful for a licensee to refuse admission to the licensed premises to any person convicted of a offence under this section where, having regard to the obligations of the licensee under the Acts and this Act, admission could reasonably be regarded as involving a substantial risk that the person would engage in disorderly conduct.

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Editorial Notes:

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A fine of €300 translates into a class E fine, not greater than €500, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 8(2) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.

A fine of €500 translates into a class E fine, not greater than €500, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 8(2) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.