Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Maple Wine and Mead), 2017 Crack, Grant — Bill 184 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 184, 41-2

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Bill 184, Liquor Licence Amendment Act (Maple Wine and Mead), 2017

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Liquor Licence Act to set out

licence conditions that apply with respect to the sale of maple wine or mead at

a farmers' market.

Bill 184 2017

Act to amend the Liquor Licence Act with respect to maple wine and mead

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Liquor Licence Act is amended by adding the

following

section immediately before the heading "Hearings":

Maple

wine and mead at farmers' markets

22.1

(1) In

this section,

"farmers'

market" means a central location at which a group of persons who operate stalls

or other food premises meets to sell or offer for sale to consumers products

that include, without being restricted to, farm products, baked goods and

preserved foods, and at which a substantial number of the persons operating the

stalls or other food premises are producers of farm products who are primarily

selling or offering for sale their own products; ("marché de producteurs")

"maple

wine" has the meaning set out in the regulations; ("vin d'érable")

"mead"

has the meaning set out in the regulations; ("hydromel")

"production

site" means property that is used by a manufacturer primarily for the alcoholic

fermentation and production of Ontario wine. ("lieu de production")

Conditions

on licence

(2) If

the holder of a manufacturer's licence manufactures maple wine or mead and if

the Registrar, under clause 3 (1) (

e) of the Liquor

Control Act , authorizes the manufacturer to sell the maple wine or mead

at an occasional extension of a winery retail store that the manufacturer owns

and operates at its production site, where the extension is within a farmers'

market, the manufacturer's licence is subject to the following conditions:

1. The

manufacturer shall comply with any authorization of the Registrar relating to

the store.

2. The

municipality, if any, in which the farmers' market is located has not advised

the Registrar in writing that it objects to the sale.

3. The

manufacturer shall provide the Registrar with notice of the location and dates

of the intended sales in advance.

4. The

manufacturer shall ensure that its maple wine or mead that is offered for sale

at the farmers' market and that is not sold is returned to the manufacturer's

store within 24 hours from the time it leaves the manufacturer's store.

5. The

manufacturer shall ensure that any sampling that it conducts in conjunction

with the sale is conducted in accordance with the guidelines on sampling and

market research issued by the Registrar and published on the website of the

Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, as they are amended from time to

time.

6. The

manufacturer shall ensure that any person involved in the sale or sampling of

liquor holds a certificate demonstrating the successful completion of a server

training course approved by the Board.

Limitation

(3) Nothing

in this

section authorizes the establishment or operation of farmers' markets

at which all or a substantial number of the products sold or offered for sale

are one or more of maple wines or mead.

Subsection 62 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

29.1 defining

"maple wine" or "mead" for the purpose of

section 22.1;

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Liquor Licence

Amendment Act (Maple Wine and Mead), 2017 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

December 7, 2017

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

December 7, 2017

Second Reading

Carried

December 7, 2017

Second Reading

Debate

December 4, 2017

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December 4, 2017

Committee

Second Reading

December 7, 2017

Mr. Grant Crack, Mr. Sam Oosterhoff, Mr. Michael Mantha, Mr. Lou Rinaldi, Mrs. Gila Martow, Mr. Wayne Gates, Mr. Arthur Potts

December 7, 2017

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 184

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Liquor Licence Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 184, 41-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s2 bill 184 html
Language	en
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