Prove-Your-Age Demand for All Off-Licence Sales; Report Calls for New Openness in Licensing System
Sunday Herald › February 03, 2004
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A PLAN to require proof-of-age cards for all off-licence sales in Scotland is among new proposals aimed at tightening up alcohol laws The Scottish Executive's working group set up to tackle under-age drinking and anti-social behaviour on the streets will report tomorrow, and is understood to be recommending a "no-proof, no- sale" requirement on licensees. That would require a national proof card scheme to be put in place.
The Daniels group is also expected to recommend that the law allows children to be used for entrapment, or "test purchasing" of alcohol - although that is understood to have run into opposition from law officers, who have said it could constitute an infringement of human rights.See the full content of this document
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Prove-Your-Age Demand for All Off-Licence Sales; Report Calls for New Openness in Licensing System
More extensive and consistent use of bylaws to cut down on outdoor drinking have also been considered by the group.
Local licensing forums are to be set up under the proposals, which would see community council-style me...See the full content of this document
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