Spirits (Ireland) Act 1845
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1845 c. 64 |
| Year | 1845 |
(8 & 9 Vict.) C A P. LXIV.
[31st July 1845]
'WHEREAS by an Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King the Fourth, intituledAn Act to amend an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled 'An Act to amend the Laws relating to Excise Licences, and to the Sale of Wine, Spirits, Beer, and Cider, by Retail, in Ireland,' it is enacted, ‘that from and after the passing of this Act no Person in Ireland who shall be duly licensed under any Act or Acts for granting Excise Licences to deal in or sell Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, or Pepper, nor any Person deemed a Grocer within the Meaning of the Laws of the Excise in force inIreland at or immediately before the passing of this Act, shall be entitled to take out any Licence to retail Spirits in the House or on the Premises of such Retailer, or in any House or on any Premises within One Quarter of a Mile of the House or Premises of such Retailer, other than a Licence to retail Spirits in Quantities not less at One Time than One Pint, and to be consumed elsewhere than in the House or on the Premises of such Retailer; and any Licence to retail Spirits in any other Manner, granted after the passing of this Act, to any such Grocer or Person so licensed as aforesaid, shall be wholly null and void to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever:’ And whereas it is expedient that so much of the said Act as is above recited should be repealed, and that all Excise Licences to Persons in Ireland to deal in or sell Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, or Pepper, or to retail Spirits in the House or on the Premises of such Retailer, or to be consumed elsewhere than in the House or on the Premises where sold, should be granted in the same Manner and at the same Rates of Duty as if so much of the said Act as is above recited had not been enacted:' Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, Thatfrom and after the Commencement of this Act so much of the said Act as is above recited shall be repealed; and that the Excise Licence to Persons inIreland trading in or selling Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, or Pepper, and the Excise Licence to Persons in Ireland...
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