Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Offences and closure of premises - Miscellaneous provisions

278: Notice of prosecution or conviction of managers and licensees

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"Telling people in charge when a manager or licensee breaks the alcohol law"

If you are taking someone to court for breaking the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act, you must send a copy of the court papers to the person in charge of the licensed premises. You do this when you file a charging document against a manager of a licensed premises for an offence against this Act. The court papers are called a charging document.

When a manager of a licensed premises is found guilty of breaking the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act, the court must send a notice to the person in charge of the premises and to the licensing authority. The notice includes any recommendations the court makes about the manager's certificate. The court also sends this notice to the secretary of the licensing authority.

If a licensee or manager is found guilty of breaking the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act, the court must send a notice to several people, including the secretary of the licensing authority, the Police, the inspector, and the Medical Officer of Health. This notice includes any recommendations the court makes about the licence. You can find more information about this by looking at s 184.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Offences and closure of premises: Miscellaneous provisions

278Notice of prosecution or conviction of managers and licensees

  1. Any person who files a charging document for an offence against this Act against a manager of any licensed premises must send a copy of the charging document to the licensee.

  2. On the conviction of a manager of any licensed premises of an offence against this Act, the Registrar of the court by which the conviction is entered must send a notice of the conviction, together with any recommendation made by the court in respect of the manager's certificate, to—

  3. the licensee; and
    1. the secretary of the licensing authority.
      1. On the conviction of a licensee or a manager for an offence against this Act, the Registrar of the court by which the conviction was entered must send a notice of the conviction, together with any recommendation made by the court in respect of the licence, to the secretary of the licensing authority, the Police, the inspector, and the Medical Officer of Health.

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      • Section 278(1): amended, on , by regulation 3(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/409).