Hon Chester Borrows, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
New Part 22A
After Part 22 (after line 28 on page 33), insert:
Part 22A
Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012
107A Principal Act
This Part amends the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (the principal Act).
107B Section 46 amended (No sale or supply outside permitted trading hours: all licences)
After section 46(2), insert:
Explanatory note
This Supplementary Order Paper inserts a Part in the Statutes Amendment Bill to amend the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 to clarify that permitted trading hours do not apply to the sale or supply of alcohol taken from mini-bars in hotel rooms. Under the default national maximum trading hours, alcohol may not be sold or supplied between 4 am and 8 am on licensed premises for which an on-licence is held.
Departmental disclosure statement
The Ministry of Justice considers that a departmental disclosure statement is not required to be prepared for this Supplementary Order Paper.