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Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017
- Sponsor
- John Lahart · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 4 Apr 2017
- Last updated
- 13 Feb 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Makes it an offence to buy illicit alcohol, tobacco, or solid fuel if you knew or should have known taxes weren't paid or goods were counterfeit.
- Makes it an offence to buy alcohol, tobacco, or solid fuel from unregistered or unlicensed retailers, with €100 on-the-spot fines issued initially.
- Establishes criminal penalties: class B fine (€4,000) or up to 6 months jail for first offence; class A fine (€5,000) or up to 12 months for repeat offences.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage32nd Dáil4 Apr 2017
- Second Stage32nd Dáil4 Apr 2017
Debates
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