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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions - Who can hold licences

27: Licences not to be issued to persons not empowered to hold them

You could also call this:

“Only eligible people can get an alcohol licence”

You cannot get a certain type of alcohol licence if you are not allowed to have one of that type. A person must be eligible to hold a particular kind of licence before they can be issued with it. The type of licence you can get depends on who you are and what you are allowed to do.

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Part 2 Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions: Who can hold licences

27Licences not to be issued to persons not empowered to hold them

  1. A licence of a particular kind cannot be issued to a person who is not empowered to hold a licence of that kind.