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156. Amendment of section 49 (grant of licences and date of expiration of licences) of Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910.
Section 49 of the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, is hereby amended -
(a) by the addition of the following proviso to subsection (1):
"Provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other enactment, in particular, section 5 of the Licensing (Ireland) Act, 1833, section 7 of the Excise Act, 1835, the Licensing (Ireland) Act, 1902, sections 13 and 14 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1960, section 4 of the Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986 and section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988, any licence commencing on or after the 1st day of October, 1992, which is a spirits retailer's on-licence, a spirits retailer's off-licence or a wine retailer's on-licence as is specified in the First Schedule to this Act shall not be granted by the Commissioners unless a tax clearance certificate in relation to that licence has been issued in accordance with section 242 of the Finance Act, 1992.",
(b) by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection:
(a) Where an application in accordance with section 242 of the Finance Act, 1992, for a tax clearance certificate in respect of a licence to which the proviso to subsection (1) of this section has been refused and an appeal against such refusal has been made and accepted in accordance with subsection (6) of the said section 242 and the licence could, but for the provisions relating to a tax clearance certificate, have been issued, then -
(i) in a case where a licence has been granted in respect of the previous licensing year, such licence may continue in force beyond its latest expiry date pending the final determination of the appeal, and