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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions - Endorsed licences for BYO restaurants, auctioneers, and caterers

38: On-licences for caterers

You could also call this:

“Selling alcohol at events: special rules for caterers”

When you apply for an on-licence to sell alcohol, you can ask for it to be endorsed for catering. The licensing authority will endorse your licence if you carry on a catering business. They must be satisfied that you are a caterer.

If your on-licence is endorsed for catering, some rules do not apply when you sell alcohol at a reception or function. This is if the alcohol is delivered from the premises where your licence is issued. You can sell alcohol to people at the event, even if the event is not at your premises, as long as the alcohol comes from your premises.

You can read more about the rules that do not apply in Sections 56 and 57.

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Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions: Endorsed licences for BYO restaurants, auctioneers, and caterers

38On-licences for caterers

  1. The licensing authority or licensing committee concerned must, when directing that an on-licence should be issued, direct that it should be endorsed to indicate that this section applies to it if (and only if),—

  2. when applying for it, the holder asked for it to be endorsed under this section; and
    1. the authority or committee is satisfied that the holder carries on the business of a caterer.

      1. Sections 56 and 57 do not apply to any premises for which no licence is held while the holder of an on-licence endorsed under this section sells, for consumption there by people attending a reception, function, or other social gathering promoted by a person or association of people other than the holder, alcohol delivered from the premises the licence is issued for.

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