1954 Practical Bar Management by Eddie Clarke

LICENSING LAW AND THE BAR

A licensee must not permit drunkenness or any violent or quarrelsome or riotous conduct on the premises. If it is proved that a person was drunk on licensed premises, the licensee must show that he took all reasonable steps to prevent it. A licensee may refuse to admit,and may turn out of his licensed premises(whether the premises are an"inn"or not)any person who is drunk, violent or quarrelsome, or disorderly, or any . person whose presence on the premises would involve the licensee in a penalty. If the person refuses to leave after request, he is liable to a fine, and the police may be brought in to remove him. The licensee himself or his servants may lawfully eject any person who is not wanted. If a person who is requested to leave, for whatever cause, does not go, he becomes a trespasser, and may be turned away. But no more force than is reasonable must be used, or the licensee and his servants who perform the ejection may be sued for assault. Young Persons A licensee must not permit,and mustuse all diligenceto prevent, a child under fourteen from coming into the bar during the hours of opening. Children of the licensee and children resident on the premises are exempt from this restriction, and any child (resident or not)may be allowed to pass through the bar if there is no other means of access to other parts of the premises. A person under eighteen must not be employed, whether for wages or not,in the bar of licensed premises while the bar is open for the sale of liquor, but he may, in the course of his work, give or take messages in the bar, or pass through to other parts of the premises to which there is no other convenient means of access. Thus, even members of the licensee's own family under the age of eighteen must not lend a hand in the bar during per mitted hours,butthey may,after hours,help in the bar for the sale of non-intoxicants, or for cleaning up. As to serving a person under eighteen, see above. The Police may enter licensed premises at any time for detecting or preventing breaches of the law,and may,by warrant, search any premises for liquor sold or kept for sale contrary to law. A licensee must not allow a constable on duty to remain on the premises other than in the execution of the constable's duty,

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