PART 1LICENSING

Conduct of licensed premises

21Minimum price for alcohol

(1)

The Department of Health must, before the third anniversary of the whole of this Act coming into operation—

(a)

bring forward to the Assembly legislation to set a minimum price for the sale or supply of intoxicating liquor in Northern Ireland and to prohibit its sale or supply in Northern Ireland below that price, or

(b)

if it is not reasonably practicable for the Department to comply with paragraph (a), make a statement to the Assembly on why it is not reasonably practicable to do so.

(2)

In this section, “intoxicating liquor” has the same meaning as in the Licensing Order.