Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Restrictions on Issue of Off-Licences and Low and No Alcohol Products) Amendment Bill
This bill makes three changes to alcohol rules. First, a shop that shares space with a restaurant could get a licence to sell takeaway alcohol, even if the shop is inside the restaurant — something currently not allowed. Second, manufacturers like cheesemakers who sell from their own shop could more easily get a licence to sell alcohol alongside their products. Third, bars and clubs would be allowed to meet their legal requirement to offer low-alcohol drinks by stocking zero-alcohol beer, wine, or spirits instead of just low-alcohol ones.
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The bill makes it easier for some businesses — like restaurants with attached shops, or food manufacturers with on-site stores — to get licences to sell alcohol, which could open up new revenue options for them.
nothing in subsection (1)(e) and (f) prevents a licensing authority or licensing committee directing that an off-licence be issued for premises of a kind described in section 32(1) where the premises is situated within or accessed through a restaurant
In section 32(1)(b), after 'annual sales revenue', insert '(excluding revenue generated from the sale of items manufactured on the premises)'
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