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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions - Kinds of licence and their effect

22: Special licences

You could also call this:

"Licences for special events that let you sell alcohol in certain ways."

There are two kinds of special licences: on-site special licences and off-site special licences. You can get a special licence for an event, and it says what kind of alcohol you can sell and to whom. If you have an on-site special licence, you can sell alcohol to people at the event, and they can drink it there.

If you already have a licence to sell alcohol at a place, and you also get an on-site special licence for that place, you can sell alcohol at times when you normally couldn't. You can sell alcohol to people at the event, as long as you follow the special licence rules.

You can also get an off-site special licence, which lets you sell alcohol to people at an event, but they have to drink it somewhere else. When you are selling alcohol to take away, you can also give people a free sample to try at your place.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions: Kinds of licence and their effect

22Special licences

  1. There are 2 kinds of special licence: on-site special licences and off-site special licences.

  2. On the premises a special licence designated as an on-site special licence is held for, the licensee can sell and supply alcohol, for consumption there, to people attending an event described in it.

  3. Where the holder of an on-licence or a club licence for any premises also holds a special licence designated as an on-site special licence for the premises, the holder can at a time when the sale of alcohol on the premises would otherwise be unlawful (whether by virtue of a provision of this Act relating to licensed premises or licensed premises of any kind, or by virtue of any condition subject to which the on-licence or club licence was issued) sell and supply alcohol, for consumption there, if it is sold or supplied—

  4. to people attending an event described in the special licence; and
    1. in accordance with the special licence.

      1. Subsection (3) does not limit or affect the generality of subsection (2).

      2. On the premises a special licence designated as an off-site special licence is held for, the licensee can sell the licensee's alcohol, for consumption somewhere else, to people attending an event described in it.

      3. While the premises a special licence designated as an off-site special licence is held for are open for the sale of the licensee's alcohol for consumption somewhere else, the licensee can also supply alcohol free, as a sample, for consumption on the premises.

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      Notes
      • Section 22(2): amended, on , by section 87(1) of the Statutes Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 104).
      • Section 22(3): amended, on , by section 87(2) of the Statutes Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 104).