Copyright © Queen's Printer,

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Licence

Disclaimer

Volume 55, No. 14

204/2012

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 17, 2012

B.C. Reg. 204/2012 , deposited July 13, 2012, pursuant to the LIQUOR DISTRIBUTION ACT [section 4 (1)]. Order in Council 530/2012, approved and ordered July 12, 2012.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective June 28, 2012, the Liquor Possession Regulation, B.C. Reg. 130/2012, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— R. COLEMAN, Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Housing ; S. CADIEUX, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

1 The Liquor Possession Regulation, B.C. Reg. 130/2012, is amended

(

a) in

section 1 (

c) by striking out " for the consumption " and substituting " for consumption ",

(

b) by repealing

section 1 (d) (ii) and substituting the following:

(ii) in the case of wine other than wine as defined in

section 2, 9 litres, and , and

(

c) by adding the following section:

Possession of wine produced in other province

(1) In this section:

"wine" means liquor obtained by the fermentation of the natural sugar content of fruits or other agricultural products containing sugar, including honey and milk, which fruits or other agricultural products are entirely grown or produced in the province in which the winery producing the wine is located;

"winery" means a winery or producer of wine in a province other than British Columbia, that is duly licensed or otherwise legally permitted under the laws of that province to produce wine and to sell the wine.

(2) An individual may possess wine in British Columbia if

(

a) the wine was brought or caused to be brought by the individual into British Columbia from another province,

(

b) the wine is for the individual's own consumption or for consumption by another individual at the first individual's expense, and

(

c) the wine was bought by the individual from the winery that produced the wine.

Copyright © 2012: Queen's Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada