Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 3, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:

“(3) A licence issued by the Revenue Commissioners in accordance with subsection (2)—(a) shall expire at midnight on the next following 30 September after the commencement of the period to which the licence relates, and

(b) may be renewed.”.

The Revenue Commissioners have requested the inclusion of a new subsection which clarifies that licences issued under this legislation will expire on 30 September each year and are renewable. This is a standard provision since intoxicating liquor licences expire on 30 September each year. Under the 1986 legislation licences are renewed on an automatic basis by the Revenue Commissioners unless there is an objection to the renewal and that objection has been formally lodged with the District Court on the basis that the premises, during the preceding year, has not been operated in an orderly or peaceable manner. I put it to Members that it is a standard provision in line with all similar provisions that apply to the sale of intoxicating liquor.

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