Notwithstanding anything contained in the Beerhouse Acts, no person, being a keeper of a restaurant or eating-house, shall be disqualified for receiving a licence under those Acts by reason only of the premises in respect of which he applies to be licensed not being a dwelling-house or of his not being the real resident holder and occupier thereof.

In this section the expression "the Beerhouse Acts" means the [4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 85.] Beerhouse Act, 1834, the [3 & 4 Vict. c. 61.] Beerhouse Act, 1840, and any enactment amending those Acts.