LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 62 Sale, etc., of intoxicating liquor to minors.

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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 62

Sale, etc., of intoxicating liquor to minors.

62.(1) Subject to subsection (5), the holder of a licence himself or by his
servant or agent, or such a servant or agent, shall not

(a)sell or deliver intoxicating liquor to a minor; or

(b)sell or deliver intoxicating liquor to any person for consumption by a
minor in the licensed premises; or

(c)knowingly sell or deliver intoxicating liquor to any person for consumption
by a minor off the licensed premises; or

(d)permit a minor to consume intoxicating liquor

(i)in the licensed premises; or

(ii)in premises which adjoin or are near the licensed premises and which
belong to the holder of the licence or are under his control or used by his
permission.

(2) A minor shall not

(a)purchase intoxicating liquor; or

(b)consume intoxicating liquor in any place or premises except premises used
only as a private residence.

(3) A person shall not purchase intoxicating liquor for delivery to, or
consumption by, a minor in any place or premises except premises used only as
a private residence or deliver it to, or permit it to be consumed by, him in
any such place or premises.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), a person shall not send a minor for the purpose
of obtaining intoxicating liquor sold or to be sold in licensed premises for
consumption off the premises whether the liquor is to be obtained from the
licensed premises or other premises from which it is delivered in pursuance of
the sale.

(5) Subsections (1) and (4) shall not prohibit or restrict

(a)the delivery of intoxicating liquor to a minor, where the delivery is made
at the residence or working place of the purchaser;

(b)the employment, by the holder of a licence, of a minor who is a child of
the licence holder or his servant, as a messenger to deliver
intoxicating liquor.

(6) Any person acting in contravention of subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4)
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction

(a)for a contravention of subsection (1), (3) or (4), to a fine not exceeding
#100;

(b)for a contravention of subsection (2), to a fine not exceeding #20.

(7) In any proceedings against a person for an offence by reason of the
contravention of subsection (1) it shall be a defence for him to prove that he
had good reason to believe that the minor was of full age.

(8) Where a minor represents himself to be of full age for the purpose of
obtaining, or being permitted to consume, intoxicating liquor, he shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding #20.

Drunkenness in licensed premises.

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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 62