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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions - Other restrictions and requirements

59: Requirements relating to remote sales by holders of off-licences

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“Rules for buying alcohol from a store without going there”

If you buy alcohol from a store that sells drinks to take away, but you do not go to the store, the store must not deliver the alcohol to you between 11 pm and 6 am. This rule applies even if someone else delivers the alcohol for the store. The store must also check that you are old enough to buy alcohol.

When you buy alcohol from a store without going there, the store must make sure you are old enough to buy it. The store can follow a special procedure to check your age, which is set out in regulations under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. If the store follows this procedure, it will be doing what it needs to do to check your age.

If you buy alcohol online, the store’s website must show certain information when you look at it. If you buy alcohol by mail order, the store’s catalogue must include certain information. If you buy alcohol over the phone, the store must tell you certain information when you call.

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Part 2 Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Licensing generally, requirements on licensees, and conditions: Other restrictions and requirements

59Requirements relating to remote sales by holders of off-licences

  1. The holder of an off-licence must ensure that any alcohol sold by remote sale is not delivered to the buyer (or to any other person on the buyer's behalf) at any time after 11 pm on any day and before 6 am on the next day.

  2. Subsection (1) applies whether the alcohol is delivered by the seller or by some other person.

  3. The holder of an off-licence must take reasonable steps to verify that the buyer of any alcohol that the holder sells by remote sale (and, if a person other than the buyer is to receive it, to verify that the receiver) is not under the purchase age.

  4. The holder of an off-licence takes reasonable steps to verify that the buyer of any alcohol that the holder sells by remote sale is not under the purchase age if he or she complies with a procedure declared by regulations made under this Act to be a reasonable procedure for the purposes of complying with subsection (3).

  5. The holder of an off-licence who sells alcohol by remote sale via the Internet must comply with any regulations made under this Act requiring information to be visible on the holder's website when people browse, enter, or otherwise access it.

  6. The holder of an off-licence who sells alcohol by remote sale by mail order must comply with any regulations made under this Act requiring information to be published in the holder's catalogues.

  7. The holder of an off-licence who sells alcohol by remote sale by telephone must comply with any regulations made under this Act requiring information to be given to callers.