{"id":210277,"date":"2021-02-23T18:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/?p=210277"},"modified":"2021-02-23T18:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:13:30","slug":"premier-winde-western-cape-liquor-act-to-be-amended-to-combat-alcohol-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/premier-winde-western-cape-liquor-act-to-be-amended-to-combat-alcohol-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier Winde: Western Cape Liquor Act to be amended to combat alcohol abuse!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Western Cape Premier Alan Winde announced in his State of the Province address last week that the Province is to tighten its alcohol laws to curb the abuse of alcohol, a clear problem in our country, reports BusinessTech<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The Western Cape Liquor Act is to be amended, in order to address the alcohol abuse, and to enhance the efficiency of the Province’s Liquor Authority. <\/p>\n

Premier Winde intends to work with the Liquor industry as well as with consumers \u2018to find new and innovative solutions to reduce alcohol-related harms in the Western Cape\u2019. \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Planned changes include the following:<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 A record of liquor sales is to be kept by each outlet<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Confiscating seized liquor after the payment of an admission of guilt fine.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Specifying that licence holders should check that liquor buyers are of a legal drinking age<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Aligning the Liquor Act to the Liquor Products Act, to ensure that the definition of \u2018illicit liquor<\/i>\u2019 is the same<\/p>\n

A Public Participation Process is to be called for the altering of existing liquor licences.<\/p>\n

Premier Winde also plans to make it more expensive to buy alcohol, to act as a deterrent to purchasing it. The Province plans to introduce a per-unit-of-alcohol pricing system, which makes beverages with higher alcohol levels more expensive.<\/p>\n

Stricter times of selling alcohol after the Lockdown has come to an end are also being considered.<\/p>\n

The illegal sale of alcohol should be eradicated, making it harder for unlicensed vendors to become compliant, Premier Winde said.<\/p>\n

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Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog: www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog Tel +27 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@Ulmenstein Facebook: Chris von Ulmenstein, My Cape Town Guide\/Mein Kapstadt Guide\u00a0Instagram: @Chrissy_Ulmenstein @MyCapeTownGuide<\/strong><\/p>\n

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