New liquor act allows Sunday sales

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KwaZulu-Natal’s liquor act, expected to significantly change the liquor industry, including allowing the sale of liquor on Sundays, will finally come into effect in April.

On Tuesday the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development and Tourism, responsible for piloting the act and driving it through various stages, which took almost 10 years, unveiled a set of regulations that would accompany the act, paving the way for its implementation.

The regulations, setting out how the new act will operate, were unveiled at a public consultation with liquor industry stakeholders in Durban on Tuesday.

The act has triggered strong opposition from religious and social welfare bodies over its provisions for trading days and hours. It regulates the trading hours for liquor stores from 8am to 8pm from Monday to Friday. On Saturday, it is from 8am to 5pm. The act also allows stores to open on Sunday from 10am to 3.30pm. At present, liquor stores are closed on Sundays.

Critics charge that the “liberalisation” of liquor laws sends the message that society does not care about the damage liquor causes.

Presenting the KwaZulu-Natal Liquor Licensing Regulations, Sithembiso Nkatha, senior manager legal services, said the act would come into effect in April.

It also totally overhauls the liquor licence application procedures, creating a liquor authority in the place of the liquor board.

It also makes it obligatory for those seeking to sell liquor to get views of the local committees before such licences are issued. For instance, those seeking to open a liquor outlet should advertise their intentions in the local newspaper and put a visible notice on the premises from which they intend running such a business. The regulations further order that alcohol outlets should be at least 500m away from learning and religious institutions.

The regulations also call upon the applicants to provide a detailed security plan.

The new legislation and regulations envisage the creation of liquor inspectors to work with the police to ensure outlets comply with the provisions of their licences.

Renewal of licences would not be automatic but rather dependant on the ability of the licence holder to adhere to the licence conditions.

At Tuesday’s forum some stakeholders complained it would be difficult to obtain a liquor licence.

Others objected to the new proposed application and renewal fees for the licences. For a tavern, a proposed application fee is R1 500 and the renewal fee R1 000 a year.

The renewal fee for gaming premises, sports grounds, night clubs and pubs would be R4 800 a year. - The Mercury
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http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/new-liquor-act-allows-sunday-sales-1.1215104

This ought to make Durban the holiday capital of SA.
 
PE, and assume the surrounding areas, has had Sunday trading since the regulation went provincial years ago.
 
I've never understood why people who could not buy Alcohol on a Sunday didn't just buy it on the Saturday before? :confused:

And I say that, both as a criticism of them, and of the stupid law itself. It's pointless.
 
Thank goodness. Hopefully it will soon spread to the rest of the country.
 
This country confuse me sometimes. I thought they were fighting the fight against liquor abuse.

( not supporting that law. But that was a beeeg woohaa last year )
 
The law serves no purpose, at all, never has. It was merely an irritation. I always stocked-up on supplies during the week, doubt my purchase habit will change. This new rule will empower the hobos, begging at bottle shops, with an extra working day.
 
Others objected to the new proposed application and renewal fees for the licences. For a tavern, a proposed application fee is R1 500 and the renewal fee R1 000 a year.

The renewal fee for gaming premises, sports grounds, night clubs and pubs would be R4 800 a year. - The Mercury
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pub
— n
1. chiefly ( Brit ) Formal name: public house a building with a bar and one or more public rooms licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink, often also providing light meals

tavern
— n
1. a less common word for pub


So I guess all the pubs are going to become taverns. :confused:
 
Garyvdh said:
I've never understood why people who could not buy Alcohol on a Sunday didn't just buy it on the Saturday before? :confused:

And I say that, both as a criticism of them, and of the stupid law itself. It's pointless.
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This.
 
Garyvdh said:
I've never understood why people who could not buy Alcohol on a Sunday didn't just buy it on the Saturday before? :confused:
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Sometimes the drinking hand gets too heavy on Saturday night and there is nothing left for Sunday ???
 
Last minute braai invites are usually the reason I'd like a beer or two on Sundays, hardly keep any booze in my house.
 
Garyvdh said:
Then the next week you buy twice as much... and hide some of it away. Seriously.
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Sometimes I don't have a drop of booze for the whole week-end... the Sunday comes and the sun is out, weather is awesome and I just feel like sipping on a couple of cold beers. You can't predict when you gonna feel for a beer :>

I live in JHB though, so not a prob for me.
 
just a question.

Which religion does not allow for it to be sold on sundays?
 
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