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10. Underage drinking

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2006 No.

Licensing (Liquor)

The Sale of Alcohol to Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Made - - - - 2006

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 2006

Coming into force - - 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 102(4)(c), 108(7)(c), 110(3) and 147(1) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005( 25) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. -(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sale of Alcohol to Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 2006.

(2) In these Regulations, "the Act" means the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

Prescribed documents

2. -(1) A document of the description specified in paragraph (2) is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 102(4) of the Act.

(2) That description is a photographic identity card of a type approved by the British Retail Consortium for the purposes of its Proof of Age Standards Scheme.

Form and dimensions of notice

3. The notice required by section 110 of the Act to be displayed in premises must be-

(a) in the form set out in the Schedule; and
(b) of A4 size or larger.

St. Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
2006

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers


(25) 2005 asp 16; see the definition of "prescribed" in section 147(1).

Schedule

Regulation 3(a)

Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005

[ Insert name of premises here]

This notice is displayed in accordance with the provisions of section 110 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005

It is an offence for a person under the age of 18 to buy or attempt to buy alcohol on these premises.

It is also an offence for any other person to buy or attempt to buy alcohol on these premises for a person under the age of 18.

Where there is doubt as to whether a person attempting to buy alcohol on these premises is aged 18 or over, alcohol will not be sold to the person except on production of evidence showing the person to be 18 or over.

[ Insert premises manager's name here]

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