ARTICLE · 29 AUGUST 2007

Drink Aware

Matheson Ormsby Prentice

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With hotels and restaurants relying on their staff to care for the wellbeing of their licence, proper staff training is a vital component of the licensed trade and can protect against costly legal proceedings and even closure.

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Lorraine Compton

Originally published in Licensing World Directory, 2007

With hotels and restaurants relying on their staff to care for the wellbeing of their licence, proper staff training is a vital component of the licensed trade and can protect against costly legal proceedings and even closure.

The Licensing Act 2000 introduced a radical new penalty in the form of the temporary closure order for underage drinking offences. This was further extended in 2003 to cover an increased range of offences and it currently applies to the following:

Sales to underage persons (mandatory)

Allowing unaccompanied persons under the age of 18 years to be on a dedicated off licence premises (mandatory)

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