Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

34 Exception for certain areas where some licensed premises not economic

(1)

The licensing authority or licensing committee concerned may direct that an off-licence should be issued for premises not of a kind described in section 32(1) if satisfied—

(a)

that, in the area where they are situated, the sale of alcohol in premises of a kind described in section 32(1)(b), (d), (e), or (f) would not be economic; and

(b)

that the granting of the licence would not cause any significant increase in alcohol-related harm.

(2)

Subsection (1) overrides section 32(1) but is overridden by section 36.

Compare: 1989 No 63 s 36(2)(a)