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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions - Permitted trading hours

45: Permitted trading hours for premises with relevant local alcohol policy

You could also call this:

“When you can sell alcohol depends on your local area's rules and your licence.”

If you have a licence to sell alcohol, you can trade during certain hours. The hours you can trade depend on the local alcohol policy in your area. You can trade up to the maximum hours stated in the policy if there are no other conditions on your licence.

If there is a local alcohol policy in your area, but your licence has more restrictive trading hours, you must follow the more restrictive hours. This means you have to close earlier than the policy says if your licence says so. You have to follow the rules on your licence.

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Part 2 Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions: Permitted trading hours

45Permitted trading hours for premises with relevant local alcohol policy

  1. The trading hours permitted for any licensed premises are the applicable maximum trading hours stated for the premises in the local alcohol policy concerned if—

  2. the premises are situated in a district where there is in force a local alcohol policy containing an element that has the effect of stating maximum trading hours for the premises; and
    1. the licence has not been issued subject to a condition or conditions to the effect that some more restrictive maximum trading hours must be observed.

      1. The trading hours permitted for any licensed premises are the more restrictive maximum trading hours concerned if—

      2. the premises are situated in a district where there is in force a local alcohol policy containing an element that has the effect of stating maximum trading hours for the premises; but
        1. the licence has been issued subject to a condition or conditions to the effect that some more restrictive maximum trading hours must be observed.

          1. Repealed

          2. Repealed

          3. Repealed
          Notes
          • Section 45(3): repealed, on , by section 6 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby World Cup 2023 Extended Trading Hours) Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 39).
          • Section 45(3): repealed, on , by section 6 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby World Cup 2019 Extended Trading Hours) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 47).
          • Section 45(3): repealed, on , by section 6 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby World Cup 2015 Extended Trading Hours) Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 69).