LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 120
LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 120
120 . When juveniles permitted on licensed premises
(1) This Division does
not prohibit juveniles from being permitted entry to, or remaining on, a place
where the sale or supply of liquor is authorised if —
(a) the
place is on premises to which a club licence applies and the presence of the
juvenile in question —
(i)
does not contravene the rules of the club; and
(ii)
is permitted, expressly or by implication, by the
committee of the club; and
(iii)
does not contravene a condition of the licence;
or
(b) the
juvenile is —
(i)
a member of the family of the licensee or occupier or a
manager of the premises or of a person employed on the premises, and resides
there; or
(ii)
a member of the family of a lodger of the premises;
or
(c) the
place is —
(i)
for the time being used under an occasional licence for
the purposes of a reception; or
(ii)
on premises to which a special facility licence applies
authorising their use as a reception centre; or
(iii)
on premises to which a restaurant licence applies, or is
a part of any premises set apart primarily for the supply of meals (being a
place not used for the sale or supply of liquor otherwise than ancillary to a
meal supplied there),
if the juvenile is
accompanied by, and under the supervision of, a responsible adult or, where
subparagraph (iii) applies, the juvenile is present for the purpose of
obtaining a meal; or
(d) the
place is on premises to which a special facility licence applies authorising
the sale of liquor to passengers of private or public transport or persons
accompanying or awaiting travellers; or
(e) the
place is on a part of licensed premises or of regulated premises which, on
application by an authorised person, the Director has for the time being
approved for the purposes of this subsection, where no condition to which that
approval is subject is contravened; or
(f) the
juvenile is present only for the purpose of carrying on a lawful business, and
does not consume liquor, even if that place has for the time being been
declared to be out of bounds to juveniles,
and the provisions of
this Division shall be construed accordingly.
(2) This Division does
not prohibit a juvenile from being in a place where the sale or supply of
liquor is authorised if the juvenile is there solely for the purpose of
passing to or from some part of the premises where —
(a)
liquor is not authorised to be sold or supplied; or
(b) the
juvenile is not prohibited from being present,
and to and from which
there is no other convenient means of passage.
[Section 120 amended: No. 56 of 2010 s. 25; No. 9
of 2018 s. 60.]