Seanad debates

Wednesday, 18 June 2003

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

Arising from preceding amendments, section 16 contains a number of further amendments to the 1988 Act. It amends sections 31(2) and 33(1) to provide that the consumption of intoxicating liquor by a person under 18 is conditional on the explicit consent of that person's parent or guardian. Second, it makes it an offence for a person aged 15 to 17 to be present in bars of licensed premises after 8 p.m. I am willing to consider extending the latter to 9 p.m. Finally, it amends the existing temporary closure order provision, under section 36A of the 1988 Act, as inserted by the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2000, in order to make it an offence not to affix a conspicuous notice giving details of the closure order as required by that provision.

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