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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions - Requirements on holders of on-licences and club licences

53: Food to be available

You could also call this:

“Places that sell alcohol must also sell food at fair prices”

When you go to a place with a licence to sell alcohol, the person in charge must make sure you can buy food there. This food must be sold at prices that are fair and it must be ready for you to eat soon after you order it. The food must also come in sizes that are right for one person to eat.

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Part 2 Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions: Requirements on holders of on-licences and club licences

53Food to be available

  1. The holder of an on-licence or club licence must ensure that, at all times when the premises are open for the sale and supply of alcohol, a reasonable range of food is available for sale and consumption on the premises, in portions suitable for a single customer,—

  2. at reasonable prices; and
    1. within a reasonable time of being ordered.