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The Council has decided to impose the following conditions on the
issue or renewal of all licences.
It shall not be lawful to make any charge for or in
connection with the entertainment of persons in the
refreshment house during the hours of late opening,
whether for the supply of food or drink, for admission,
for service of any description or for any other matter,
except any reasonable charge of the use of cloakroom or
toilet facilities, unless:
(a) a tariff or charges made in the refreshment
house is, during those hours, kept displayed
in such positions and in such manner that it
can be conveniently read by person frequenting
the refreshment house and can be so read by
any such person before entering; and
(b) the charge is specified for the matter in
question in the tariff or is less than a
charge so specified.
It shall not be lawful to seek to obtain custom for the refreshment
house by means of personal solicitation outside or in the vicinity of the
refreshment house.
A condition may be imposed on the grant or renewal of a licence
prohibiting the opening or keeping open of the refreshment house for
public refreshment, resort or entertainment at any time between 11.00
p.m. and 5.00 a.m., the following morning.
Any infringement of any of the conditions imposed, render the offender
liable to a fine of £200 or three months imprisonment, or both, and the
Court may on conviction disqualify persons from holding a licence.
The holder of a licence in respect of a refreshment house, on any
change of address which affects the list or register of licences kept by
the licensing authority, shall notify the authority in writing of the new
address to be entered in the list or register as his place of abode; and
if he fails to do so within two weeks after the change of address, he
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine
not exceeding twenty pounds.
Forty-three refreshment house licences were issued by this department
during the year.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. 1955-INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
This is the principal Act for controlling the composition, labelling,
fitness and hygienic handling of food. The Food Hygiene (General)
Regulations, I960, and the Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery
Vehicles) Regulations, 1966 are the principal instruments for enforcing
good food hygiene practice,
Inspection of food premises
The district public health inspectors are responsible for the
supervision of food premises, including food shops, catering establishments
and stalls, etc., within their districts,