Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2015

No. S 182

Liquor Control
(Supply and Consumption) Act 2015

(ACT 5 OF 2015)

Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption)
(Saving and Transitional Provisions)
Regulations 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2015 and come into operation on 1 April 2015.

Definitions

2.  In these Regulations —

“authorised place of entry or departure” means any premises specified in the First, Second or Third Schedule to the Immigration (Authorised Places of Entry and Departure, and Rates) Notification 2012 (G.N. No. S 627/2012);

“specified licence” means a licence granted under section 74 of the Customs Act (Cap. 70) whose period of validity expires on or after 1 April 2015.

Licences granted before 1 April 2015

3.—(1)  A specified licence that is described in the first column of the Schedule, continues (with its restrictions and conditions), as from 1 April 2015 until the expiry of its period of validity, as if it were a licence of the class specified in the second column of the Schedule against that description granted by the Licensing Officer under section 8(1) of the Act (read with regulation 4(1) of the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) (Liquor Licensing) Regulations 2015 (G.N. No. S 181/2015)).

(2)  As from and including 1 April 2015, other than any specified licence for premises in any authorised place of entry or departure —

(a) for a specified licence referred to in item 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the Schedule, the trading hours specified in the licence are read as ending immediately before 10.30 p.m.; and

(b) for a specified licence referred to in item 9 of the Schedule, the trading hours specified in the licence are read as ending immediately before 10.30 p.m. where the licence would otherwise be the equivalent of a Class 3A, Class 3B or Class 4 liquor licence.

(3)  If, before 1 April 2015, the holder of a specified licence applied for an extension of the hours of sale under the specified licence and, on 1 April 2015, the application has not been decided, the application lapses.

Applications made under section 74(9) of Customs Act before 1 April 2015

4.—(1)  If, before 1 April 2015, a specified application was made to the Liquors Licensing Board to be heard under section 74(9) of the Customs Act (Cap. 70) and, on 1 April 2015, the application has not been decided, the application is taken to be an appeal made to the Liquor Appeal Board under section 25 of the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015.

(2)  An application to be heard (other than a specified application) made under section 74(9) of the Customs Act before 1 April 2015 and which, on 1 April 2015, has not been decided, lapses.

(3)  In this regulation, “specified application” means any of the following:

(a) an application made by a person for a refusal by the Liquors Licensing Board to grant the person a licence;

(b) an application made by a licensee for a suspension or cancellation by the Liquors Licensing Board of the licence of the licensee.

Offences committed before 1 April 2015

5.  Section 126 of the Customs Act (Cap. 70) continues to apply to an offence committed before 1 April 2015 under Part VIII of that Act as if the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015 had not been enacted.

THE SCHEDULE

Regulation 3(1) and (2)

First column	Second column
1. Public house with a first class licence	Class 1A liquor licence
2. Public house with a second class licence	Class 1B liquor licence
3. Beer house licence	Class 2A liquor licence
4. Outdoor beer stall licence	Class 2B liquor licence
5. Retail liquor shop licence	Class 3A liquor licence
6. Retail beer shop licence	Class 3B liquor licence
7. Wholesale liquor shop licence	Class 4 liquor licence
8. Wholesale beer shop licence	Class 4 liquor licence
9. Temporary licence	Class 5 liquor licence.

Made on 31 March 2015.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA PS10/12/03; AG/LEGIS/SL/163C/2015/8 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 36 of the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015).