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Section 5 Giving intoxicating liquor to children under five.

England and Wales

If any person gives, or causes to be given, to any child under the age of five years any F1 alcohol (within the meaning given by section 191 of the Licensing Act 2003, but disregarding subsection (1)(f) to (i) of that section), except upon the order of a duly qualified medical practitioner, or in case of sickness, apprehended sickness, or other urgent cause, he shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding F2level 1 on the standard scale.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 5 substituted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), ss. 198, 201, Sch. 6 para. 13 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)

F2

Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46