Section 5 Exemption from Licensing Act offence.
England, Wales and Scotland
A person liable to be charged with an offence under F1section 3A, 4, 5, 7 or 30 of the M1Road Traffic Act 1988 (drink and drugs) is not liable to be charged under section 12 of the M2Licensing Act 1872 with the offence of being drunk while in charge, on a highway or other public place, of a carriage.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 5 substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 82; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.
Marginal citations
- M1
- M2
Notes on Part I
Modifications
- C1
Pt. 1 applied (E.W.S.) (30.5.2024) by The Rixton and Warburton Bridge Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/630), arts. 1, 3(16)