B.C. Reg. 155/2019, deposited July 8, 2019, under the LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING ACT [sections 80, 81 and 82]. Order in Council 400/2019, approved and ordered July 8, 2019.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Liquor Control and Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 241/2016, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— D. EBY, Attorney General; S. SIMPSON, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 Section 54 (3) (a) (i) and (ii) of the Liquor Control and Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 241/2016, is amended by striking out "BC".

2 Section 63 (2) (a) is amended by striking out "section 14.1 (12)" and substituting "section 14.1 (2)".

3 Section 65 is amended

(a) in subsection (2) by striking out "winery licence" and substituting "wine store licence",

(b) in subsection (3) by striking out "A wine store licence" and substituting "Subject to subsection (4), a wine store licence", and

(c) by adding the following subsection:

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a wine store licence if, at any time on or after February 1, 2013, the licensee under the wine store licence was permitted to sell only BC wine.

4 The following section is added:

Sale of wine on grocery store shelves

65.1 (1) In this section:

"BC wine restriction" means a restriction under a wine store licence that permits the licensee to sell only BC wine;

"wine store on grocery shelves licence" means a wine store licence for a wine store that is located in a grocery store and that is not physically separated from the rest of the grocery store.

(2) On the coming into force of this section, a BC wine restriction under a wine store on grocery shelves licence ceases to have effect.

(3) If, after the coming into force of this section, a wine store licence is amended so that it becomes a wine store on grocery shelves licence, a BC wine restriction under the licence ceases to have effect.

(4) No BC wine restriction may be imposed on a wine store on grocery shelves licence.

5 Section 66 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "A licensee who holds" and substituting "Subject to subsection (1.1), a licensee who holds", and

(b) by adding the following subsection:

(1.1) Subsection (1) does not apply to a wine store licence if, at any time on or after February 1, 2013, the licensee under the wine store licence was permitted to sell only BC wine.

6 Section 68 (a) is repealed.

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