Sale of VQA Wine and Ontario Microbrewery Beer at Convenience Stores Act, 2007 Craitor, Kim — Bill 199 (38th Parliament, 2nd Session)

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Bill 199, Sale of VQA Wine and Ontario Microbrewery Beer at Convenience Stores Act, 2007

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Bill 199 2007

An Act to amend the Liquor Control

Act to permit the sale of VQA wine and Ontario microbrewery beer at convenience

stores

Note:

This Act amends the Liquor Control Act . For the

legislative history of the Act, see Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History

on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca .

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section

1 of the Liquor Control Act is amended by

adding the following

definitions:

"convenience store" means a convenience store that is not less than 74

square metres and not more than 326 square metres; ("dépanneur")

"microbrewery beer" means beer brewed by an independent brewer that

annually produces less than 250,000 hectolitres of beer; ("bière de

microbrasseries")

"Vintners Quality Alliance wine (VQA wine)" has the same meaning as in

the Vintners Quality Alliance Act, 1999 . ("vin de la Vintners

Quality Alliance (Vin de la VQA)").

2. (1) Subsection

3 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(e.1) to

authorize the sale of VQA wine and Ontario microbrewery beer in convenience

stores and regulate convenience stores that are authorized to sell VQA wine and

Ontario microbrewery beer and the sale of those products in convenience stores;

(2) Clause 3 (1) (

f) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

(

f) to

control and supervise the marketing methods and procedures of manufacturers and

of wineries that manufacture Ontario wine including the operation of government

stores by persons authorized under clause (

e) and the operation of convenience

stores by persons authorized under clause (e.1);

(3) Subsection 3 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the

following clause:

(a.1) subject

to any regulation, authorizations for convenience stores that sell VQA wine and

Ontario microbrewery beer under clause (1) (e.1);

3. The

Act is amended by adding the following section:

Smart

Serve program

4.6

(1) The

Board shall work with Smart Serve Ontario to ensure that a training program for

people who work at convenience stores that are authorized to sell VQA wine and

Ontario microbrewery beer under clause 3 (1) (e.1) is developed.

Same

(2) The training program shall address the sale of beer

and wine at convenience stores and may also address the sale of tobacco and

tobacco products at convenience stores.

Program

required

(3) Once the training program is developed, all persons

who work at a convenience store that is authorized to sell VQA wine and Ontario

microbrewery beer under clause 3 (1) (e.1) shall be required to enroll in the

program according to a

schedule developed by the Board.

Definition

(4) In this section,

"Smart

Serve Ontario" means the division of the Hospitality Industry Training

Organization of Ontario that is recognized by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission

of Ontario as the official delivery organization of the Smart Serve Responsible

Alcohol Beverage Service Training Program in the Province of Ontario.

4. (1) Subsection

8 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(c.1) governing

the operation of convenience stores that are authorized to sell VQA wine and

Ontario microbrewery beer under clause 3 (1) (e.1);

(2) Clause 8 (1) (

d) of the Act is amended by striking out

"government stores or classes of government stores" and substituting

"government stores or classes of government stores and authorized convenience

stores or classes of authorized convenience stores".

(3) Clauses 8 (1) (

e) and (

f) of the Act are repealed and

the following substituted:

(

e) governing

the issuance of authorizations for government stores and convenience stores by

the Liquor Control Board;

(

f) prescribing

the conditions that apply to authorizations for government stores and

convenience stores or to authorizations for classes of government stores or

classes of convenience stores;

(4) Clause 8 (1) (

i) of the Act is amended by striking out

"persons operating government stores" and substituting "persons operating

government stores or authorized convenience stores".

Commencement

5. This Act comes into

force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

6. The

short title of this Act is the Sale of VQA Wine and

Ontario Microbrewery Beer at Convenience Stores Act, 2007 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Liquor Control Act to permit the

sale of VQA wine and Ontario microbrewery beer at convenience stores.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

April 3, 2007

First Reading

Carried on division

Debates and Progress

First Reading

April

3, 2007

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

Royal Assent.

Acts affected - Bill 199

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

Liquor Control Act

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 199, 38-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p38 s2 bill 199 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	a3999a8626528e3ae208fc737aeb8898474346af

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