Licensing (Low Alcohol Drinks) Act 1990

• Citation: 1990 c. 21
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Low alcohol liquor not to be intoxicating liquor for the purposes of the Licensing Act 1964.

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Section 2 Corresponding provision for Scotland.

In the definition of “ alcoholic liquor ” in section 139(1) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (which contains the same exclusion) for the words from “on analysis of” to the words “1.2%” there shall be substituted the words “ is of a strength not exceeding 0.5% ” .

Section 3 Short title, commencement and extent.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Licensing (Low Alcohol Drinks) Act 1990.

(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; but if and to the extent that it has not come into force before 1st January 1994 it shall come into force automatically on that date.

(3) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.