PART 1

LICENSING

Conduct of licensed premises

Prohibition on self-service and sales by vending machines
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1
After Article 54 of the Licensing Order insert—

Self-service and vending machines

Prohibition on self-service and sales by vending machines
54A
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.
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2
In Part 1 of Schedule 10A to the Licensing Order (penalty points for offences punishable with level 3 fine), at the appropriate place insert—
54A(5) | Selling intoxicating liquor in a form which enables self-service or by means of vending machine | 3-4
S. 18 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 47(2)
S. 18 in operation at 1.10.2022 by S.R. 2022/180, arts. 1(2), 2, Sch.