2020 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 41st Parliament

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MR. JOHN YAP

BILL M 209 – 2020

LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING AMENDMENT ACT, 2020

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

SECTION 1: [Liquor Control and Licensing Act,

section 1] adds

definitions of "food primary licence" and "liquor primary licence" to the Act.

Section 1 of the Liquor Control and Licensing Act, S.B.C. 2015, c. 19, is amended by adding the following

definitions:

"food primary licence" means a licence referred to in

section 24.1;

"liquor primary licence" means a licence referred to in

section 24.2; .

SECTION 2: [Liquor Control and Licensing Act, sections 24.1 and 24.2] authorizes

activities in respect of a liquor primary licence, and

activities in respect of a food primary licence.

2 The following sections are added to Division 2 of

Part 5:

Liquor primary licence

24.1

(1) A liquor primary licence authorizes the following:

(

a) subject to subsection (2), a licensee to sell liquor in unopened containers to patrons in the service area under the licence;

(

b) a patron to consume the liquor outside the service area but, for certainty, in accordance with

section 73 (1);

(

c) the licensee to buy liquor from any licensed source in British Columbia, including private retailers;

(

d) any activities in respect of the licence that are prescribed or otherwise authorized by regulation under this Act.

(2) A sale of liquor referred to in subsection (1) (

a) must occur in conjunction with the sale of a meal for consumption outside the service area.

Food primary licence

24.2

(1) A food primary licence authorizes the following:

(

a) subject to subsection (2), a licensee to sell liquor in unopened containers to patrons in the service area under the licence when the primary purpose of the business carried on in the service area is the service of food;

(

b) a patron to consume the liquor outside the service area but, for certainty, in accordance with

section 73 (1);

(

c) the licensee to buy liquor from any licensed source in British Columbia, including private retailers;

(

d) any activities in respect of the licence that are prescribed or otherwise authorized by regulation under this Act.

(2) A sale of liquor referred to in subsection (1) (

a) must occur in conjunction with the sale of a meal for consumption outside the service area.

SECTION 3: [Liquor Control and Licensing Act,

section 73] authorizes the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation to designate where liquor may be consumed in a public place where it has jurisdiction over the public place.

Section 73 (2) is amended by striking out " municipality or regional district " and substituting " municipality, regional district, or Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation ".

Commencement

4 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Notes

SECTION 1: [Liquor Control and Licensing Act,

section 1] adds

definitions of "food primary licence" and "liquor primary licence" to the Act.

SECTION 2: [Liquor Control and Licensing Act, sections 24.1 and 24.2] authorizes

activities in respect of a liquor primary licence, and

activities in respect of a food primary licence.

SECTION 3: [Liquor Control and Licensing Act,

section 73] authorizes the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation to designate where liquor may be consumed in a public place where it has jurisdiction over the public place.

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