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Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021

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Prohibition on self-service and sales by vending machines

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18.—(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..

(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 machine3-4

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