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Licensing Act 2003

Section 155 – Confiscation of sealed containers for alcohol

244.This section amends the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 and the Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 so that the police have the power to confiscate alcohol in sealed containers from anyone in an area which has been designated by the local authority for the purposes of curbing anti-social behaviour and from people under 18 in any public place. Police powers in relation to confiscation of alcohol currently apply only in relation to opened containers.

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