The Alcohol Licensing (Coronavirus) (Regulatory Easements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
These Regulations amend section 11 of the Business and Planning Act 2020 (c. 16) (“the 2020 Act”). Section 11 makes temporary modifications to the Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17) (“the 2003 Act”) and specifies that these modifications expire on 30 September 2021. The modifications provide automatic extensions of premises licences that only permit sales of alcohol for consumption on the premises (“on-sales”) to allow sales of alcohol for consumption off the premises (“off-sales”). They also apply temporary conditions to licences where there is a pre-existing permission for off-sales, to enable those premises to operate in the same ways as those granted the new permission, and provide for off-sales reviews to take place on grounds which are relevant to the licensing objective. Regulation 2 extends the application of the modifications to the end of 30 September 2022.