Self-service and vending machines

Prohibition on self-service and sales by vending machines54A

1

In any licensed premises, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or made available for purchase for consumption in or off the premises in a form which would enable a person to whom it was sold (or a person that person is with) to operate the dispenser of the liquor.

2

In any licensed premises, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or made available for purchase for consumption in or off the premises by means of a vending machine.

3

The activities prohibited by this Article include making available in a public or common part of the premises concerned intoxicating liquor for consumption in or off the premises which, in the absence of the licence holder or a servant or agent, persons are trusted by the licence holder—

a

to pay for by placing money in a container, or by some other process, which the licence holder has provided for that purpose in a public or common part of the premises, or

b

to agree to pay for by recording by a process which the licence holder has provided for that purpose in a public or common part of the premises the intoxicating liquor appropriated.

4

Regulations may provide that, where prescribed conditions are satisfied, paragraph (2) does not apply in the case of—

a

licensed premises within Article 5(1)(a) which provide accommodation for guests such as is mentioned in Article 46(3);

b

licensed premises within Article 5(1)(c);

c

licensed premises within Article 5(1)(d).

5

A holder of a licence acting in contravention of paragraph (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

54A(5)

Selling intoxicating liquor in a form which enables self-service or by means of vending machine

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