Licensing Act 1872

27Intoxicating liquors not to be drunk at refreshment house during the hours when the house would he closed if it were an inn.

No intoxicating liquor shall he consumed upon premises licensed as a refreshment house hut not for the sale of any intoxicating liquor during the hours during which the same premises would, if they were the licensed premises of licensed victuallers, be closed by law for the sale and consumption of intoxicating liquor.

If any person licensed to keep such refreshment house allows any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on the premises in contravention of this section, he shall be liable for the first offence to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and for any subsequent offence to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.