PART 1ALCOHOL LICENSING
Pricing of alcohol
2Minimum price of packages containing more than one alcoholic product
(1)
The 2005 Act is amended as follows.
(2)
“6B
(1)
A package containing two or more alcoholic products (whether of the same or different kinds) may only be sold on the premises at a price equal to or greater than the sum of the prices at which each alcoholic product is for sale on the premises.
(2)
Sub-paragraph (1) applies—
(a)
only where each of the alcoholic products is for sale on the premises separately, and
(b)
regardless of whether or not the package also contains any item which is not an alcoholic product.
(3)
In this paragraph, “alcoholic product” means a product containing alcohol and includes the container in which alcohol is for sale.”.
(3)
“5B
(1)
A package containing two or more alcoholic products (whether of the same or different kinds) may only be sold on the premises at a price equal to or greater than the sum of the prices at which each alcoholic product is for sale.
(2)
Sub-paragraph (1) applies—
(a)
only where each of the alcoholic products is for sale on the premises separately, and
(b)
regardless of whether or not the package also contains any item which is not an alcoholic product.
(3)
In this paragraph, “alcoholic product” means a product containing alcohol and includes the container in which alcohol is for sale.”.