LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 57

LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 57

57 .         Producer’s licence, pre-requisites for grant of

        (1)         In this section —

        relevant liquor means liquor of the kind sought to be authorised for sale under the licence;

        relevant period means the period of 12 months from the date on which the licence, if granted, will come into force.

        (2)         An applicant for the grant of a producer’s licence must satisfy the licensing authority —

            (a)         that the applicant is, or within the relevant period will become, a genuine producer of the relevant liquor; and

            (b)         that the applicant carries on, or within the relevant period will commence to carry on, a genuine business of the sale of the relevant liquor; and

            (ca)         that the applicant produces, or within the relevant period will commence production of, a sufficient quantity of the relevant liquor to be able to carry on the business referred to in paragraph (b); and

            (c)         that the premises in relation to which the licence is sought are suitable for the purpose proposed; and

            (d)         that the applicant meets such requirements as are prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.

        (3)         Every producer’s licence is subject to the condition that, unless the Director approves otherwise, the licensee must produce a sufficient quantity of the relevant liquor to be able to carry on the business referred to in subsection (2)(b).

        [Section 57 amended: No. 12 of 1998 s. 37; No. 56 of 2010 s. 43.]