Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018

1. Introduction

2. Summary and Background

3. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1: Minimum price for alcohol

   2. Section 2: Offences

   3. Section 3:  Meaning of “supply of alcohol” and “qualifying premises”

   4. Section 4: Meaning of “alcohol retailer”

   5. Sections 5 to 7: Supply of alcohol as part of a special offer

      1. Multi-buy alcohol transactions (section 5)

      2. Alcohol supplied together with other goods and services (section 6)

      3. Special offers: supplementary (section 7)

      4. Practical examples of how sections 5 – 7 apply

      5. Multi-buy alcohol transactions

         1. Example 1

         2. Example 2

      6. Offers involving alcohol together with other goods or services

         1. Example

   6. Section 8: Penalties

   7. Section 9: Fixed penalties

   8. Section 10: Enforcement action by local authorities

   9. Section 11: Authorised officers

   10. Section 12: Power to make test purchases

   11. Section 13:  Powers of entry

   12. Section 14: Warrant to enter a dwelling

   13. Section 15: Warrant to enter other premises

   14. Section 16: Supplementary provision about powers of entry

   15. Section 17: Powers of inspection, etc.

   16. Section 18: Obstruction etc. of officers

   17. Section 19: Retained property: appeals

   18. Section 20: Appropriated property: compensation

   19. Section 21: Report on operation and effect of this Act

   20. Section 22: Duration of minimum pricing provisions

   21. Section 23: Crown application

   22. Section 24: Offences committed by partnerships and other unincorporated associations

   23. Section 25: Liability of senior officers etc.

   24. Section 26: Regulations

   25. Section 27: Interpretation

   26. Section 28: Coming into force

   27. Section 29: Promoting public awareness of minimum pricing for alcohol

   28. Schedule 1: Fixed Penalties

4. Record of Proceedings in National Assembly for Wales