BILL NO. 134

(as passed, with amendments and corrections)

2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015

Government Bill

Liquor Control Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 43 OF THE ACTS OF 2015

The Honourable Mark Furey
Minister of Service Nova Scotia

First Reading: November 25, 2015 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: November 26, 2015

Third Reading: December 8, 2015 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)

Royal Assent: December 18, 2015

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subclause 14(1)(a)(i) of Chapter 260 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Liquor Control Act, as enacted by Chapter 21 of the Acts of 2011 and amended by Chapter 18 of the Acts of 2014, is further amended by adding "and, where authorized by the regulations, away from the premises" immediately after "premises" in the second line.

2 Clause 47(2)(a) of Chapter 260, as enacted by Chapter 18 of the Acts of 2014, is amended by adding "and, where authorized by the regulations, away from those premises" immediately after "premises" in the third line.

3 Section 50 of Chapter 260, as amended by Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2000, Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2007, Chapter 21 of the Acts of 2011, Chapter 43 of the Acts of 2012 and Chapter 18 of the Acts of 2014, is further amended by adding immediately after clause (c) the following clause:

(ca) authorizing, in respect of a license or class of licenses, the sale of liquor, or any particular quantity or kind of liquor, for consumption away from the premises where the liquor is sold if the holder of the license also holds a permit to manufacture that liquor;