Bill 250 — Third Session, 20Th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 250 Food Store Wine Sales Act (Legislature 20, Session 3)

L20 S3 3448

Alberta — Bills

1985 BILL 250 Third Session, 20th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 250 FOOD STORE WINE SALES ACT MR. LEE First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole - . Third Reading -.•• rvvyx. Royal Assent

Bill 250 Mr. Lee BILL 250 1985 FOOD STORE WINE SALES ACT (Assented to , 1985) 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 at a food store; (

b) by adding the following after clause (n): (n.l) "participating municipality" means a municipahty 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): (l.

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 at the store, using up to 100 square metres of floor space, except 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 floor space that will be utilized for the display of wine will not exceed 100 square metres, (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 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 sub section (5):

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

(7) Regulations respecting the sale of wine at a food store in a participating municipality may authorize the sale of wine at the food store on any day but a Sunday if, in the opinion of the Board, the sale of wine will primarily provide a service to the local community that customarily patronizes that food store for the purpose of purchasing food. 5 This Act comes into force on Proclamation.

4 New subsections provide for regulations respecting food store licences for wine. 5 Coming into force. Title: 1985 (20th, 3rd) Bill 250, Food Store Wine Sales Act

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