COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS General Section 192– Meaning of ‘sale by retail’
287.This section defines ‘sale by retail’, of alcohol, for the purposes of the Act as a sale to a person other than a sale to a trader for trade purposes, to a club which holds a club premises certificate, to a premises licence holder or to a premises user with a temporary event notice for purposes permitted by those certificates, licences or notices. The purpose of these exemptions is to ensure that purely “business to business” sales are excluded from the scope of the Act.