Section 17 has been introduced following discussions with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights on 11 June and the concerns expressed by Members in respect of off-licences. It contains provisions dealing with the consumption of intoxicating liquor purchased for consumption off the premises and, for this purpose, updates and replaces section 13 of the Intoxicating Liquor (General) Act 1924. This section provides that a licensee shall be guilty of an offence if, with the licensee's knowledge or consent, intoxicating liquor supplied by the licensee in a closed container for consumption off the premises is consumed in another premises owned or controlled by the licensee or in a public place within 100 metres of the licensed premises. This limit of 100 metres is also referred to in the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003. The person who consumes such intoxicating liquor shall also be guilty of an offence. If a licensee gives a person drink, on the basis that they consume it outside the off-licence, he or she will be committing a criminal offence. The section also restates the existing prohibition on the consumption in an off-licence of intoxicating liquor bought there.