LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 50
LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 50
50 . Restaurant licence, effect and conditions of
(1) Subject to this
Act the licensee of a restaurant licence is, during permitted hours,
authorised to sell to any person liquor on the licensed premises for
consumption on the premises ancillary to a meal supplied by the licensee to,
and eaten by, that person there.
(1a) Where the
licensee of a restaurant licence holds an extended trading permit under
section 60(4)(ca) in respect of the premises, the licensee is authorised to
sell liquor to a person, whether or not ancillary to a meal eaten by the
person, if —
(a) the
liquor is consumed on the licensed premises by a person while sitting at a
table, or at a fixed structure used as a table; and
(b) the
sale and consumption of the liquor are in accordance with any conditions
—
(i)
imposed on the permit by the licensing authority; or
(ii)
prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2) Where the licensee
of a restaurant licence holds an extended trading permit under
section 60(4)(c) in respect of guest accommodation provided to the public by
the licensee on the same or adjacent premises, the licensee is authorised to
sell liquor to a lodger in a room or place in the area to which that permit
applies reserved for the private use of lodgers, whether or not ancillary to a
meal.
(3) Every restaurant
licence is subject to the conditions that —
(a) the
business conducted at the licensed premises must consist primarily and
predominantly of the regular supply to customers of meals to be eaten there;
and
(b)
subject to subsection (1a), liquor must not be consumed by a person on the
licensed premises except ancillary to a meal supplied, or to be supplied, by
the licensee to, and eaten by, that person there; and
(c) the
licensed premises must contain kitchen facilities that are suitable for the
preparation of the meals to be supplied by the licensee.
[Section 50 amended: No. 12 of 1998 s. 33; No. 73
of 2006 s. 40 and 108.]