CONSOLIDATED NEWFOUNDLAND REGULATION 1162/96

Short title

1. These regulations may be cited as the Liquor Licensing Regulations.

396/78 s1

Definitions

2. In these regulations

(a) "Act" means the Liquor Control Act;

(b) "alcohol" means the product of the distillation of a fermented liquid rectified either once or more often whatever may be the origin of it and includes synthetic ethyl alcohol;

(c) "alcoholic liquor" or "liquor" means an alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, fermented or malt liquor, or combination of liquors, and all drinks or drinkable liquids and consumable solids, patented or not, containing 3% and upwards of alcohol by volume;

(d) "beer" means an alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of an infusion or decoction of barley, malt and hops in drinkable water;

(e) "board" means the Newfoundland Liquor Licensing Board;

(f) "case" means a sealed package, carton or container containing a number of bottles of beer not fewer than 6 as may be prescribed by the Newfoundland Liquor Corporation;

(g) "club" means a corporation, society or association of persons organized or carried on

(i) for purposes of a social, fraternal or athletic nature, or

(ii) as a military mess,

but not for pecuniary gain, and includes the premises occupied or used for any of those purposes;

(h) "establishment" means a lounge, restaurant, tavern, club, hotel, motel, tourist home, military mess or an institution;

(i) "hotel" means an establishment in regular operation provided with the number of bedrooms, accommodation, facilities and equipment prescribed in these regulations where, in consideration of payment, food and lodging are regularly provided to the public;

(j) "identification card" means an identification card or a duplicate of an original issued under the Act and these regulations;

(k) "inspector" means a person authorized or appointed by the board in accordance with the Act to carry out the provisions of it;

(l) "institute" means a body corporate or organization instituted and organized for an educational, medical or similar purpose and includes the designated premises used for any of those purposes;

(m) "licence" means a licence issued under these regulations to sell wine, beer or spirits and includes a similar subsisting licence issued under the Alcoholic Liquors Act which was repealed by the Act and in accordance with regulations made under the Alcoholic Liquors Act;

(n) "licensed premises" means premises in respect of which a subsisting licence has been issued;

(o) "licensee" means a person to whom a subsisting licence has been issued;

(p) "lounge" means

(i) part of a licensed hotel or motel, or

(ii) premises not part of a licensed hotel or motel,

provided with the special accommodation, facilities and equipment prescribed in these regulations where, in consideration of payment, spirits, wine and beer are served;

(q) "meal" means food of any kind and quantity sufficient for the bodily maintenance of a consumer served at a cost of not less than $0.50 for each consumer exclusive of the cost of any liquor;

(r) "military mess" includes a canteen or an institute in a building or camp used for the accommodation of the active or reserve units of the naval, military or air forces of Canada or of NATO forces stationed at Canadian forces stations located in the province, or a canteen or an institute in a building or camp used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary;

(s) "minister" means the minister appointed under the Executive Council Act to administer the Act;

(t) "motel" means a roadside building containing not less than 3 rental units under one roof with easy access to automobiles, whether or not other rental units are operated in conjunction with them;

(u) "officer" means a member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary or of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and includes inspectors appointed or acting under this Act;

(v) "rental unit" means a cabin, cottage, room or portion of an establishment assigned to the exclusive use of a guest;

(w) "restaurant" means an establishment which is exclusively engaged in the serving of regular meals to the public in consideration of payment, whether or not there are sold in them cigars, cigarettes, tobacco and other articles incidental to the sale of regular meals;

(x) "sell", when used with respect to the authority conferred on licensees referred to in these regulations, means to sell at retail;

(y) "spirits" means a beverage which contains a kind of alcohol obtained by distillation mixed with drinkable water and other substance in solution, and includes, among other things, brandy, rum, whisky and gin;

(z) "tavern" means a premises provided with the special accommodation, facilities and equipment prescribed in these regulations where, in consideration of payment, wine and beer are served;

(aa) "tour boat operation" means an operation by a seagoing vessel primarily for the recreation or education of the passengers and not for their conveyance from place to place;

(bb) "tourist" means a person not ordinarily resident in the province who visits the province for a vacation;

(cc) "tourist home" means a building, whether or not it is a private residence, which is provided with the number of bedrooms available for the accommodation of travellers, and the equipment and facilities prescribed in these regulations and where, in consideration of payment, food and lodging is provided to tourists;

(dd) "transportation service" means a service provided primarily for the conveyance of passengers by railway, ship or aircraft;

(ee) "vehicle" means an instrument of transportation including a boat and any article used in transporting; and

(ff) "wine" means an alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of the natural sugars contained in fruit, vegetables or vegetable products or honey, or the like.

396/78 s2; 99/80 s1; 142/90 s1

Classes of licences and permits

3. Subject to the Act and these regulations, the board may issue the licences and permits of the kinds designated in these regulations.

396/78 s3

Hotel, motel and tourist home licences

4. (1) A hotel licence, a motel licence or a tourist home licence may be issued in respect of premises where not less than 3 bedrooms are provided for the lodging of travellers and where the premises are equipped with a kitchen and a dining room capable of serving not less than the number of persons for whom lodging accommodation is provided, and where meals are provided to lodgers on request.

(2) A hotel licence, a motel licence or a tourist home licence authorizes the licensee to sell for consumption on his or her licensed premises

(a) to guests at meals, only spirits by the glass and wine and beer by the glass or opened bottle; or

(b) to guests who are lodgers on the premises, only spirits, wine and beer by the glass or bottle.

396/78 s4

Lounge licence

5. (1) A lounge licence may be issued in respect of premises which are maintained, equipped and operated in a manner satisfactory to the board and which are operated solely for the sale of spirits, wine and beer to the public, where food and entertainment may or may not be available.

(2) A lounge licence may be issued in respect of a lounge which is located in part of a hotel or motel where spirits, wine and beer are sold also under a hotel licence or a motel licence.

(3) A lounge licence authorizes the licensee to sell to the public for consumption on his or her licensed premises spirits by the glass and wine and beer by the glass or opened bottle.

396/78 s5

Institution licence

6. (1) An institution licence may be issued to an institute in respect of premises that are maintained, equipped and operated in a manner satisfactory to the board.

(2) An institution licence authorizes the licensee to sell for consumption on the licensed premises spirits by the glass and wine and beer by the glass or opened bottle.

99/80 s2

Restaurant licence

7. (1) A restaurant licence may be issued to the owner or operator of a restaurant in respect of that restaurant if it is maintained, equipped and operated in a manner satisfactory to the board.

(2) A restaurant licence authorizes the licensee to sell to guests at meals for consumption on his or her licensed premises spirits by the glass and wine or beer by the glass or opened bottle.

396/78 s7

Restaurant/ lounge licence

8. (1) A restaurant/lounge licence may be issued in respect of premises which are maintained, equipped and operated in a manner satisfactory to the board.

(2) A restaurant/lounge licence authorizes the licensee to sell to guests at meals for consumption on the licensed premises spirits by the glass and wine and beer by the glass or open bottle during the hours prescribed in the Schedule.

(3) A restaurant/lounge licence authorizes the licensee to sell to the public for consumption on the licensed premises spirits by the glass and wine and beer by the glass or open bottle during the hours prescribed in the Schedule.

83/95 s1

Tavern licence

9. (1) A tavern licence may be issued to the owner or operator of a tavern that is maintained, equipped and operated in a manner satisfactory to the board.

(2) A tavern licence authorizes the licensee to sell to the public for consumption on his or her licensed premises wine by the glass and beer by the glass or opened bottle.

396/78 s8

Airport establishment licence

10. (1) An airport establishment licence may be issued to the operator of a premises located at an international airport and within the messuage of that airport if the premises are maintained, equipped and operated in a manner satisfactory to the board.

(2) An airport establishment licence authorizes the licensee to sell for consumption on his or her licensed premises to passengers of airlines using the airport where the licensed premises are located at all hours and on all days throughout the year spirits by the glass and wine and beer by the glass or opened bottle.

396/78 s9

Transportation services licence

11. (1) A transportation service licence may be issued in respect of a transportation service being operated in the province which is approved for the purpose by the board.

(2) A transportation service licence authorizes the licensee to sell spirits by the glass and wine and beer by the glass or opened bottle to passengers on the transportation service in respect of which it was issued for consumption on it.

396/78 s10

Tour boat licence

12. (1) A tour boat licence may be issued in respect of a tour boat operation being operated in the province which is approved for the purpose by the board.

(2) A tour boat licence authorizes the licensee to sell spirits by the glass and wine and beer by the glass or opened bottle to passengers on the tour boat in respect of which it was issued for consumption on the tour boat.

142/90 s2

Catering licence

13. (1) A catering licence may be issued to a person who is the holder of a hotel licence, a motel licence, a lounge licence, a restaurant licence or a club licence if that person is approved for the purpose by the board.

(2) A catering licence authorizes the licensee to sell for consumption on any premises during the period prescribed in the licence spirits by the glass and wine or beer by the glass or opened bottle with food which is to be supplied by the licensee in the form of meals by way of an off premises catering service.

396/78 s11

Special events licence

14. (1) A special events licence may be issued authorizing a charitable or non‑profit organization raising funds for charitable purposes, that does not hold a subsisting licence issued by the board, to sell spirits, wine and beer at a function on the premises and on the date to be prescribed in the licence.

(2) A special events licence authorizes the licensee to sell to persons attending the function designated in the licence for consumption at that function on the premises on the date and during the hours prescribed in his or her licence spirits by the glass and wine and beer by the glass or opened bottle.

(3) An applicant for a special events licence under subsection (1) shall submit a completed application stating the purpose of the special event and the number of days of its operation, and the application shall be accompanied with a fee prescribed by the board.

396/78 s12; 1992 cF‑7.1 s14; 83/95 s1

Warehouse licence

15. (1) A warehouse licence may be issued to the owner or operator of a warehouse which is maintained, equipped and operated in a manner approved by the board.

(2) Subject to an applicable statute or other law of Canada, a warehouse licence authorizes the licensee to store liquor on his or her licensed premises for the purpose of maturing it or for the purpose of transshipping it to a place outside of the province or for another purpose approved by the board.

(3) Where the board so prescribes and it is so stated in his or her warehouse licence, and subject to conditions prescribed in the licence, the licensee may sell alcoholic liquor at wholesale or retail from his or her licensed premises to or to the order of the owners or operators or captains of foreign going ships or vessels or of trawlers or tugs for use as ships stores.

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Brewers' licences

16. (1) For the purposes of this section and section 17

(a) "brewer's retail licence" means a licence issued under paragraph 28(1)(a) of the Act;

(b) "brewer's agent licence" means a licence issued under paragraph 28(1)(b) of the Act; and

(2) A brewer's retail licence or a brewer's agent licence may be granted only to an applicant who holds a registration certificate issued under the Retail Sales Tax Act in respect of the business carried on at the premises for which the licence is sought.

(3) The holder of a brewer's retail licence or a brewer's agent licence shall cause to be kept displayed in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises the retail price list provided by the corporation for beers brewed in the province, and shall not sell those beers except at the prices set out in that price list.

(4) The holder of a brewer's distributor licence shall not sell beer except to the corporation or a person licensed by the board.

37/80 s2

Brewer's agent licence

17. (1) On and after July 1, 1980, a brewer's agent licence may not be granted or renewed except in respect of premises maintained as

(a) a liquor agency; or

(b) a retail store that sells commodities other than beer and associated products.

(2) On and after July 1, 1980, where premises in respect of which a brewer's agent licence is granted or renewed do not comply with the requirements of subsection (1), the licence is subject to cancellation under paragraph 48(1)(d) of the Act.

(3) A brewer's agent licence may not be granted or renewed in respect of premises that, in the opinion of the board, are maintained as a business that is

(a) a supermarket or department store that is a member of a trading group of supermarkets or department stores;

(b) a store or other business that deals primarily in the sale of confectionery;

(d) a store or other business that deals primarily in the sale of quick‑service meals, snacks, sandwiches or other take‑out foods;

(e) a store or other business where

(i) the playing of billiards, pool, darts or a similar game, or

(ii) the operation of a machine for gaming, amusement or entertainment, other than the operation of that machine by the owner or an employee of the store or other business,

is permitted on the premises;

(f) a service station or a store or other business that deals primarily in the sale of gasoline or associated products.

(4) Where premises in respect of which a brewer's agent licence is granted or renewed are maintained as a business that, under subsection (3), does not qualify for the granting or renewal of that licence, the licence is subject to cancellation under paragraph 48(1)(d) of the Act.

37/80 s3; 238/82 s2

Return of empty beer bottles

18. (1) A brewer's agent shall, at the time of transacting a sale, accept in return empty beer bottles equal to the amount being purchased.

(2) A brewer's retail store and a brewer's distributor shall accept all empty beer bottles presented to them by the public.

(3) A brewer's agent, a brewer's retail store and a brewer's distributor must refund or give value equal to the beer bottle deposit established by the Newfoundland Liquor Corporation.

99/80 s3

Special permits

19. (1) Permits may be issued by the board to a person referred to in section 26 of the Act for any of the purposes prescribed in that section.

(2) The holder of a permit issued under subsection (1) is authorized to purchase and use alcoholic liquor in the manner for the purposes and subject to the conditions prescribed in his or her permit.

(3) A holder of a permit issued under subsection (1) shall

(a) keep the records of stock and sales and make the reports and returns to the board that the board may require; and

(b) provide the warehouse facilities that the board may consider to be necessary.

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Term of licences and permits

20. A licence and permit shall expire on March 31 next following the date of the issuing of that licence or permit.

396/78 s20

Application licences and permits

21. (1) An applicant for a licence shall, for the purpose of giving notice of his or her intention to apply in accordance with section 34 of the Act, use the form of notice prescribed by the board.

(2) An applicant to whom subsection (1) applies shall provide to the board, upon application, in keeping with section 34 of the Act a clipping of every advertisement relating to the application that was published indicating the name of the paper in which the advertisement appeared along with proof of posting of notices of intent as prescribed in the appropriate application form prescribed by the board.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), this section applies only to applicants for a hotel licence, a motel licence, a tourist home licence, a lounge licence, a restaurant licence, a tavern licence, a club licence and an institution licence that is sought in respect of premises located outside of

(a) an American Military Base;

(b) a Canadian Armed Forces Base; or

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a licensee who applies for an additional licence

(a) for premises within the same building in which that licensee's licensed premises are situate; or

(b) for premises within an extension to the building in which that licensee's licensed premises are situate,

and which additional licence is of the same category as that presently held by the licensee shall not be subject to the advertising requirements of subsections (1) to (3).

99/80 s5

Information and description required

22. An applicant for a licence shall set out in his or her application the information and description of premises that the board requires.

396/78 s23

Conditions to be met

23. A licence or permit shall not be issued in respect of any premises unless

(a) the premises and the plans, location, accommodation, equipment and facilities and the operation of it have been approved by the board in writing; and

(b) all statutes, regulations and other laws whether federal, provincial or municipal applying to or in respect of the premises have been complied with.

396/78 s24

Licence or permit not granted

24. The board shall not grant a licence or permit to

(a) a person who is disqualified under the Act or these regulations or who has not complied with the requirements of them;

(b) a police officer, an inspector or law enforcement officer; or

396/78 s25

Good character required

25. (1) An applicant for a licence or permit must be a person of good character.

(2) A person convicted, within 3 years immediately preceding his or her application, of an offence which is punishable by imprisonment shall not receive a licence.

396/78 s26

Particulars of special event licence

26. (1) A person applying for a special events licence shall forward his or her application to the board at least 2 weeks before a function in respect of which the licence is sought is to take place, unless the board agrees to consider an application on shorter notice.

(2) A special events licence may be issued only in respect of premises located in a building or an approved tent and, before the issue of it, adequate arrangements for security satisfactory to the board shall be made.

(3) Arrangements satisfactory to the board for the purchase, storage, sale and service of liquor shall be made before the issuing of a special events licence.

(4) Before a special events licence is issued the applicant shall satisfy the board that

(a) adequate seating capacity shall be available to the extent of not less than 1.4 square metres per person;

(b) every person engaged in the dispensing of alcoholic beverages shall have a valid subsisting waiter's licence; and

(5) Liquor sold under a special events licence shall be consumed on the premises in respect of which the licence was issued on the day or days and during the hours prescribed in that licence.

(6) The recipient of a special events licence shall, if ordered by the board, remove all surplus liquor from the premises for which the licence was issued upon expiration of that licence.

396/78 s27; 99/80 s6

Renewals

27. An application for the renewal of a licence or permit shall be forwarded to the board at least 30 days before the expiration of that licence or permit.

396/78 s30; 99/80 s8

Transfers

28. An application for the approval of the board for a transfer of a licence shall be forwarded to the board at least 30 days before the date proposed for the transfer.

396/78 s31

Application forms

29. An application for the issuing, renewal or transfer of a licence or for the issuing or renewal of a permit shall be made in the form prescribed by the board that is appropriate to the licence or permit in respect of which the application is made.

396/78 s32

Clubs, lounges and taverns

30. A club licence, lounge licence or tavern licence shall not be issued in respect of a premises unless that premises is equipped with

(a) a service bar with or without stools or seats;

(b) an area containing an adequate number of chairs and tables where not less than 1.4 square metres of floor space is allowed for each chair, stool or seat;

(c) entrance and exit facilities that have been approved by the board and that have received the approvals of all other provincial and municipal authorities which are required by law;

(d) lavatory facilities for the use of patrons in accordance with the National Building Code Requirements;

(e) suitable soap dispensers and individual paper towels or suitable electrical appliances;

(f) adequate facilities for the proper washing of glasses and other utensils used in the handling of alcoholic liquor, consisting of thermostatically controlled hot water boiler capable of producing a continuous supply of hot water at a temperature of not less than 82° Celsius;

(g) triple stainless steel sinks; and

(h) well constructed facilities for the storing of glasses and utensils when not in use,

and unless the walls of all rooms on the premises are not less than 2.4 metres in height.

396/78 s33; 142/90 s3

Lounges

31. A lounge shall be equipped or provided with

(a) a service bar with or without seats or stools for the persons using the lounge, and only those persons for whom seating is available may be served at the service bar;

(b) an area in which there is an adequate number of tables and chairs having regard to the dispensing facilities of the lounge; and

(c) adequate seating accommodation as determined by the board and the fire commissioner of the province in accordance with any provincial and municipal laws and regulations relating to them.

396/78 s34

Restaurants

32. A holder of a restaurant licence shall

(a) keep the tables in his or her restaurant covered with tablecloths or other equivalent suitable covering or surfacing;

(b) make available for use and use an adequate supply of flatware, china and other table service;

(d) provide in his or her restaurant the other equipment and facilities that the board may require.

396/78 s36

Hours of sale and prohibition of sale

33. The hours during which liquor may be sold and consumed on a licensed premises or sold for consumption off a licensed premises under a licence are those prescribed in the Schedule with respect to that licence.

396/78 s37

Service and disposition of liquor

34. (1) All liquor acquired for resale on any licensed premises shall be purchased from the Newfoundland Liquor Corporation or a designated outlet permitted under the Liquor Control Act or the Liquor Corporation Act and shall only be purchased under the licensee's licence number and an invoice or receipt of those purchases shall be kept by the licensee.

(2) All liquor sold on any licensed premises shall be dispensed from the original container in which the liquor was purchased.

99/80 s9

Measurement of spirits served

35. (1) A drink of spirits served by the holder of a licence shall contain not less than one fluid ounce of spirits.

(2) A licensee shall measure all spirits served in a drink by means of

(a) a clearly marked glass or container of a type approved by the board; or

(b) a mechanical measure of a type approved by the board.

396/78 s40

Draught beer

36. (1) A licensee shall not sell draught beer without the prior written consent of the board.

(2) Establishments applying for consent to sell draught beer for on premises consumption shall submit to the Newfoundland Liquor Licensing Board

(a) proposals describing the equipment and system to be used; and

(b) subject to section 51 where alterations are contemplated, plans showing the proposed alterations.

(3) All equipment and systems used in the dispensing of draught beer, including the method of washing and sanitation of those equipment and systems, must be approved by the Department of Health.

(4) Containers used in the serving of draught beer shall have a capacity of not less than 400 millilitres to contain not less than 350 millilitres of beer upon serving or another size glass or container as may be approved by the board.

(5) An establishment selling draught beer shall keep posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises a price list showing the price of draught beer and the amount of beer served in each container used.

99/80 s10

Cleaning and sterilization of glasses

37. (1) All glasses shall be washed in hot soapy water at a temperature of not less than 82° Celsius in a thermostatically controlled hot water boiler capable of producing a continuous supply of hot water at a temperature of not less than 82° Celsius.

(2) All glasses shall, when they have been washed in the manner referred to in subsection (1), be rinsed and then sterilized by being placed for 3 or 4 minutes in the third deep sink containing a chlorine solution of 100 parts per million.

(3) Glasses shall not be wiped but shall be allowed to remain bottom up on racks.

(4) Glasses shall be stored mouth down in a clean place.

396/78 s41

Liquor consumption on premises

38. (1) All liquor sold under a licence which authorizes the sale of it for consumption on the licensed premises shall be consumed on it, and the licensee shall not allow liquor sold on it to be taken from that licensed premises.

(2) A licensee shall not sell or dispose of liquor in a manner or in a place other than that authorized by his or her licence.

(3) A person shall not consume nor shall any licensee allow a person to consume liquor in a lavatory or toilet on a licensed premises.

396/78 s42

Other liquor prohibited

39. A licensee shall not bring or allow to be brought or allow to remain on or in his or her licensed premises spirits or wine that he or she has not purchased from the Newfoundland Liquor Corporation or beer that he or she has not purchased from that corporation or a brewery.

396/78 s43

Waiters

40. (1) A person employed on a licensed premises who engages in any way in the serving of liquor by the glass or opened bottle shall

(a) be dressed in clean, washable and non‑transparent clothing while on duty with both the upper and lower portions of the body covered in a manner satisfactory to the board; and

(b) have a valid subsisting waiter licence.

(2) A licensee shall ensure that persons employed by him or her are dressed in accordance with paragraph (1)(a).

116/82 s1

Waiter's licence

41. (1) A person who holds a waiter licence shall deposit it with the licensee of the licensed premises where he or she is employed, and that licensee shall cause the waiter licence to be posted in a conspicuous place on his or her licensed premises.

(2) When the employment of a person holding a waiter licence is terminated, the licensee of the licensed premises where he or she was employed immediately before that termination shall forward the waiter licence of that person to the board.

396/78 s45

Admittance prohibited

42. A person other than those for whom adequate seating accommodation is provided shall not be admitted to a licensed premises where liquor is authorized to be served for consumption on that premises.

396/78 s46

Prohibited persons

43. A licensee shall not sell or serve liquor to a person who has been interdicted under the Act.

396/78 s47

Persons under 19 years

44. A licensee shall not sell liquor to a person who is under the full age of 19 years or who is otherwise disqualified to purchase liquor by or under the Act or these regulations.

396/78 s48

Tip/gratuity prohibited

45. A licensee shall not give alcoholic liquor, tip or gratuity either directly or indirectly by way of gift or loan or otherwise to an officer or to a member or employee of the board or of the Newfoundland Liquor Corporation.

396/78 s48

Proof of age

46. (1) A licensee and his or her servant or agent shall, before selling or serving liquor to a person who appears to be below the full age of 19 years, require proof of that person's age.

(2) A licensee is obliged to establish proof of age and the only acceptable proof of age is an identification card.

398/78 s50

Presence of underage persons prohibited

47. Subject to section 48, a licensee shall not allow a person under the full age of 19 years to remain on his or her licensed premises.

398/78 s51

Exceptions to prohibition

48. (1) A licensee may allow a person under the age of 19 years

(a) to enter, be in and remain in a licensed premises which is a hotel, motel, tourist home, restaurant, military mess, brewer's agent, brewer's retail, brewer's distributor, institution or any premises for which a transportation services licence or airport establishment licence has been issued and to carry on any work, including entertainment in any of those places, other than work involving the handling or dispensing of liquor;

(b) to enter, be in and remain in a licensed premises which is a lounge, club or any premises for which a special events licence has been issued, where the prior approval, in writing, of the board, or its designate, has been obtained by the licensee;

(c) to enter, be in and remain in a licensed premises which is a lounge, club or any premises for which a special events licence has been issued, for the purpose of attending a wedding; or

(d) to enter, be in and remain in a licensed premises which is a restaurant/lounge between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. and to carry on any work, other than the handling or dispensing of alcoholic beverages.

(2) For the purpose of this section, minors may be permitted to be on the premises licensed as a restaurant/lounge between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., where prior written approval of the board, or its designate, had been obtained by the licensee.

83/95 s1

Prohibited persons

49. A licensee and an employee, servant or agent of a licensee shall not allow to be or remain on his or her licensed premises

(a) persons of notoriously bad character;

(b) disorderly or intoxicated persons; or

99/80 s12

Waiter's licence required

50. A licensee shall not employ a waiter who does not hold a valid waiter licence.

396/78 s54

Structures and structural alterations

51. A licensee shall not make structural alterations in or enlargements of his or her licensed premises without the prior written consent of the board.

396/78 s55

Prohibited structure

52. In a club, lounge or tavern, a kind of structure which prevents a full view from the dispensing bar is prohibited.

396/78 s56

Officials and employees of board

53. The officials, inspectors and other employees of the board shall carry out the instructions of the board and perform the duties that it may direct.

396/78 s57

Identification of inspector

54. An inspector shall be issued with an official badge or other means of identification which he or she shall carry with him or her at all times when on duty.

396/78 s58

Suspension of licence

55. (1) An inspector generally or specially authorized by the board may suspend a licence for a period not exceeding 30 days where in his or her opinion the licensed premises to which the licence relates is not being operated in accordance with the Act or these regulations or the conditions prescribed in or in respect of such licence.

(2) When an inspector suspends a licence under subsection (1), he or she shall make an immediate report of the suspension to the board and the suspension shall be subject to ratification by the board within the period of 48 hours from the time that it was imposed, and if the suspension is not so ratified within that period, it shall cease to have effect upon the expiration of that period.

396/78 s59

Reports and returns

56. (1) A club shall submit with its application for a licence or renewal of it

(a) a list of the officers of the club;

(b) a copy of the constitution and by‑laws of the club; and

(2) The number of associate members of a club shall not exceed the number of regular members of it.

(3) A person applying for a renewal of a tourist hotel licence, a motel licence, a tourist home licence, a lounge licence, a club licence, a restaurant licence or a tavern licence shall submit with his or her application for a renewal a report setting out the total purchases of all spirits, wine and beer purchased by him or her during the immediately preceding calendar year, and the report shall be made in a form to be provided by the board and shall be supported by an affidavit or affirmation to be made before a magistrate, a justice of the peace or a commissioner for oaths.

396/78 s60

Return required

57. (1) A person holding a tourist hotel licence, a motel licence, a tourist home licence, a lounge licence, a club licence, a restaurant licence or a tavern licence shall submit to the board, on the form appropriate for his or her licence to be supplied by the board for the purposes, a return on the purchase and sale of all spirits, wine and beer by that licensee during every quarter of a calendar year or portion of that quarter occurring while his or her licence subsists.

(2) The holder of a brewer's retail licence, a brewer's distributor licence or a brewer's agent licence shall if required provide the board with a return, on a form to be supplied by the board for that purpose, of the beer sold, distributed or delivered by him or her.

(3) A licensee shall be considered not to have complied with subsection (1) or (2) unless he or she supplies all of the information required by the appropriate form supplied to him or her by the board for the purpose of making his or her return.

(4) The return to be provided to the board under subsection (1) or (2) shall be delivered to the board within 20 days of the end of the period to which the return relates.

396/78 s61; 37/80 s4

Identification cards

58. (1) An application for an identification card or for the replacement of an identification card previously issued shall be made in the form of the appropriate application form prescribed by the board.

(2) The age and identity of the applicant shall be certified by guarantor as specified in the guarantor's certificate appearing on the reverse side of the appropriate form prescribed by the board.

(3) The applicant shall include with his or her application

(a) 2 black and white photographs taken within 6 months of the date of the application; and

(b) his or her birth certificate or a certified copy of his or her birth certificate; or

(c) where a birth certificate or certified copy of it is not obtainable, the affidavit of the applicant that he or she has reached the full age of 19 years which must be sworn to or affirmed before a magistrate, a justice of the peace or a commissioner for oaths; and

(d) a fee prescribed by the board.

396/78 s62; 1992 cF‑7.1 s18

Loss or theft of ID card

59. Where an identification card is lost or stolen, the person to whom it was issued shall immediately report its loss or theft to the board.

396/78 s63

Retention of application documents

60. The board may retain all the applications for identification cards and affidavits made in connection with them in its records for the time that the board may consider appropriate and may order those applications and affidavits to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of after the passage of a period of time to be prescribed by it.

396/78 s64

Repeal

61. The Liquor (Licensing) Regulations, 1974, Newfoundland Regulation 396/78, are repealed.

Schedule

Hours of Sale

Hours of Sale and Consumption of all Spirits, Wine and Beer
as Permitted under the Foregoing Regulations

Hotel, Motel, Tourist Home, Lounge, Club,
Institution, Military Mess, Restaurant

Hours of Sale:	9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 7 days a week
Hours of Consumption:	9:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. 7 days a week

Restaurant/Lounge

Restaurant:
Hours of Sale:	9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. 7 days a week
Hours of Consumption:	9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 7 days a week
Lounge:
Hours of Sale:	9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. 7 days a week
Hours of Consumption:	9:00 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. 7 days a week

Tour Boat

Hours of Sale:	9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 7 days a week
Hours of Consumption:	9:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. 7 days a week

Sale further restricted to 15 minutes after the boat has left its home berth and sale shall cease 15 minutes before reaching its home berth

Brewer's Agent and Brewer's Retail

Hours of Sale:

9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 7 days a week

Special Events

Hours of Sale:	As specified on the licence only
Hours of Consumption:	One‑half hour tolerance beyond the hours of sale

Airport Establishment and
Transportation Services

Hours of Sale and Consumption:

24 hour period 7 days a week

New Year's Eve

Hotel, Motel, Tourist Home, Lounge, Club, Restaurant,
Restaurant/Lounge, Military Mess, Institution

Hours of Sale:	9:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. of the immediately succeeding day
Hours of Consumption:	9:00 a.m. to 3:30 a.m.

83/95 s2