LegalizeThe Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2017
Made: 21st November 2017
Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 22nd November 2017
Coming into force: 6th December 2017
The Scottish Ministers make the following type=start slip=2018-01-01 time=1511171910074Ordertype=end slip=2018-01-01 time=1511171910074 in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012[^f00001].
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2017 and comes into force on 6th December 2017.
Appointed Day
2
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 1 (minimum price of alcohol) of the type=start slip=2018-01-01 time=1511171910074Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012type=end slip=2018-01-01 time=1511171910074, so far as is necessary for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make orders under paragraph 6A of schedule 3 and paragraph 5A of schedule 4 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005[^f00002], is 6th December 2017.
Signed
SHONA ROBISON — A member of the Scottish Government — 21st November 2017
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings into force section 1 of the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 which makes amendments to the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005. The amendments will introduce further mandatory conditions of type=start slip=2018-01-01 time=1511171910074premises licences and occasional licencestype=end slip=2018-01-01 time=1511171910074 granted under the 2005 Act. The condition is that alcohol must not be sold on these premises at a price below the minimum price. The Scottish Ministers are given a power by the new provisions to specify by order, the minimum price per unit of alcohol and the relevant labelling conditions in accordance with which bottles and other containers of alcohol must be labelled. This Order commences section 1 for the purpose of making that Order.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2012 asp 4.
[^f00002]: 2005 asp 16.
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