The purpose of the present Act is to regulate and monitor the liquor industry in the Province to protect the public from the harm that may be caused by making and selling liquor or products that contain liquor. Moreover, the Act aims to prevent problems as under-age drinking, the over-consumption of alcohol and overcrowding or unsafe conditions in public place to minimize the potentially negative impact of liquor sales on neighbourhoods and communities. Section 2 regulates that the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch is continued. The Branch may grant licences and permits to purchase liquor from the Liquor Distribution Branch for resale and reuse in accordance with this Act and the Liquor Distribution Act. Section 7 lays down provisions relating to special occasion licences for treaty first nations establishing if the final agreement of a treaty first nation requires that British Columbia authorize persons designated by the treaty first nation to approve or deny applications for special occasion licences the general manager has the responsibility for: a) authorizing the persons designated by that treaty first nation for that purpose to issue special occasion licences in accordance with section 7, and b) delegating to those designates the authority to make the decision under section 7 (3). The text – consisting of 92 sections deals with the following issues: liquor licence classes, responsible beverage service programs, local government and liquor licensing, liquor seizures and liquor advertising.
كندا · 1996-01-01