Bill 213 — An Act To Amend the Liquor Control Act (Legislature 20, Session 2)

L20 S2 3579

Alberta — Bills

1984 BILL Second Session, 20th Legislature, 33 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 213

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LIQUOR CONTROL ACT MR. LEE First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent

BiU 213 Mr. Lee BILL 213 1984

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LIQUOR CONTROL ACT (Assented to , 1984) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Liquor Control Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 1 is amended in subsection (1), (

a) by adding the following after clause (d): (d.l) "food store" means a retail store that primarily sells food or has a department that primarily sells food; (d.2) "food store licence" means a licence issued under this Act and the regulations authorizing the sale of wine, beer and cider at a food store; (

b) by adding the following after clause (n): (n.l) "participating municipality" means a municipality other than a municipality that has passed a by-law ordering that

section 38(1.1) shall not apply in the municipality. 3

Section 38 is amended (

a) by adding the following after subsection (1): (I.

l) The Board may (

a) on receiving from an applicant who is qualified under the regulations

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter L-17 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 Adds new

definitions. 3 Authorizes the issuance of a licence to the operator of a store that serves a local community by the sale of food, permitting the sale of wine, beer and cider at the store, using up to 10% of store shelf space, ecept on a Sunday. Allows municipality to opt out of food store licence provisions.

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i) an application for a food store licence, respecting premises in a participating munici pality, in the form and containing the information prescribed in the regulations, (ii) the fee prescribed by the regulations, and (

b) on being satisfied that (

i) the premises described in the application are a kind of premises mentioned in

section 58(6) in respect of which a licence may be issued, (ii) the amount of shelf space that will be utilized for the display of wine, beer and cider will not exceed 10% of the total shelf space used for the display of goods for sale, (iii) the premises will provide a service as mentioned in

section 58(7), and (iv) the applicant and the premises described in the application comply with this Act and the regulations, issue to the applicant a food store licence with respect to the premises described in the application.

(1.2) The Board shall not issue a food store licence that permits the sale of wine, beer or cider on a Sunday.

(1.3) A municipality may by by-law order that subsec tion (1.1) shall not apply in the municipality. (

b) in subsection (2) by adding "or (1.1)" after "subsection (1)". 4

Section 58 is amended by adding the following after subsection (5):

(6) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regu lations authorizing the issuance of licences with respect to the sale of wine, beer and cider at a food store in a participating municipality.

(7) Regulations respecting the sale of wine, beer and cider at a food store in a participating municipality may authorize the sale of wine, beer and cider at the food store on any day but a Sunday if, in the opinion of the Board, the sale of wine, beer and cider will primarily provide a service to the local community that customarily patronizes that food store for the purpose of purchasing food.

4 New subsections provide for regulations respecting food store licences for wine, beer and cider.

5 This Act comes into force on Proclamation.

5 Coming into force. Title: 1984 (20th, 2nd) Bill 213,

An Act to Amend the Liquor Control Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L20 S2 3579
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Language	en
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