Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979

65 Excise licence for dealing wholesale in certain alcoholic liquors

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall deal wholesale in any of the alcoholic liquors to which this section applies, that is to say, spirits, beer, wine and made-wine, unless he holds an excise licence for that purpose under this section in respect of that liquor.

(2) A licence granted under this section shall expire on the 30th June next after it is granted.

(3) On any licence granted under this section there shall be charged an excise licence duty of £5.

(4) Subject in the case of a distiller to section 27(4) above, any alcoholic liquor to which this section applies which is the produce of a licensed manufacturer may be dealt in wholesale without an excise licence under this section—

(a) at the premises where it is manufactured ; or

(b) if the liquor is supplied to the purchaser direct from the premises where it is manufactured, at any other place by the manufacturer or a servant or agent of his.

In this subsection " licensed manufacturer " means a distiller, rectifier, compounder, brewer for sale or licensed producer of wine or of made-wine.

(5) Without prejudice to subsection (4) above, an excise licence under this section as a wholesale dealer in spirits shall not, except with the permission of the Commissioners and subject to such conditions as they see fit to impose, be granted to a distiller in respect of any premises within 2 miles of his distillery.

(6) A person holding a licence under this section in respect of wine may deal wholesale at his licensed premises in made-wine as well as wine without taking out a further licence under this section.

(7) If, save as permitted by this section, any person deals wholesale in any alcoholic liquor to which this section applies otherwise than under and in accordance with a licence under this Act so authorising him he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of £100.

(8) For the purposes of this section, dealing wholesale means the sale at any one time to any one person of quantities not less than the following, namely—

(a) in the case of spirits, wine or made-wine, 2 gallons or 1 case; or

(b) in the case of beer, A\ gallons or 2 cases.