
2018 No. 135
Public Health
Food
The Alcohol (Minimum Price per Unit) (Scotland) Order 2018
Made 26th April 2018
Coming into force 1st May 2018
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 6A(4) and (6) of schedule 3 and paragraphs 5A(4) and (6) of schedule 4 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”)  and all other powers enabling them to do so .There has been a consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety .In accordance with section 146(5)(a) of the 2005 Act , a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Alcohol (Minimum Price per Unit) (Scotland) Order 2018 and comes into force on 1st May 2018.
(2) In this Order—
 “sales to trade” means the selling of alcohol to a person for the purposes of the person’s trade;
 “schedule 3” means schedule 3 (premises licences: mandatory conditions) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005; and
 “schedule 4” means schedule 4 (occasional licences: mandatory conditions) of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.
Minimum price per unit
2 
For the purposes of paragraph 6A(3) of schedule 3 and paragraph 5A(3) of schedule 4, the minimum price per unit is  65 pence.
Sales to trade
2A. 
The minimum price per unit specified in article 2 does not apply for the purpose of sales to trade.
Labelling provisions
3 
For the purposes of paragraph 6A(5)(b) of schedule 3 and paragraph 5A(5)(b) of schedule 4, the relevant labelling provisions are the Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014 .
SHONA ROBISON

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh
