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First
Session, 47th General Assembly 61
Elizabeth II, 2012 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE
LIQUOR CONTROL ACT |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................................................... |
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Committee............................................................................................................................................ |
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Royal Assent...................................................................................................................................... |
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HONOURABLE
THOMAS W. MARSHALL, Q.C. Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board |
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Ordered
to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
EXPLANATORY NOTES This Bill would amend the Liquor Control Act to: · define a "brew restaurant" and a "microbrewery"; · remove the requirement that beer sold for off site consumption must be sold in a package of 6 bottles or more; and · allow a brewer who owns and operates a brew restaurant to sell beer by the glass or open bottle to guests at meals for consumption at the brew restaurant. |
A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE LIQUOR CONTROL ACT Analysis 1.
S.2 Amdt. 2.
S.28 R&S Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSNL1990 cL-18 as amended 1. (1) Section 2 of the Liquor Control Act is amended by adding immediately after paragraph 2(d) the following: (d.1) "brew restaurant" means a restaurant that offers a full service menu and has a microbrewery on the premises; (2) Section 2 of the Act is amended by repealing paragraph 2(e). (3) Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding immediately after paragraph (r) the following: (r.1) "microbrewery" means a small capacity brewery that produces less than 5,000 hectolitres of beer per year; 2. Section 28 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: Beer vendor's licence 28. (1) The board may grant a licence to (a) a brewer who is licensed under the Liquor Corporation Act or an association of 2 or more brewers; (b) a person who has been approved by the board as an agent of a brewer, or of an association of 2 or more brewers, licensed under the Liquor Corporation Act; or (c) a person who has been recommended as a
distributor by one or more brewers who are licensed under the Liquor Corporation Act, to sell beer to a person who is not disqualified to purchase it under this Act or the regulations, for consumption off the premises where beer is sold. (2) A licence that is granted under subsection (1) is valid only in respect of the premises described in the licence. (3) A brewer or an association of brewers, a brewers agent, a distributor or the agent or employee of either of them shall not sell or deliver beer except under a licence issued under and in accordance with subsection (1). (4) A brewer, an association of brewers, a brewers agent, a distributor or the agent or employee of either of them shall not (a) sell; (b) deliver; (c) advertise for sale; or (d) store beer except in the container and package sizes approved by the corporation. (5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), a brewer who owns and operates a brew restaurant is permitted to sell beer by the glass or open bottle to guests at meals for consumption at the brew restaurant. (6) A person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence. ©William E. Parsons, Queen's Printer |