2019/0073/UK
EC/EFTA
GB Vereinigtes Königreich
  • C00A - LANDWIRTSCHAFT, FISCHEREI, LEBENSMITTEL
2019-05-21
2019-02-26

The draft regulations specify the Minimum Unit Price for alcohol, for the purposes of the Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018. Specifically, the regulations concern products sold at retail value for human consumption.

The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Minimum Unit Price) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (DRAFT).

The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018 (the 2018 Act) makes provision about the minimum price for which alcohol is to be supplied by alcohol retailers from qualifying premises in Wales to a person in Wales and establishes a local authority led enforcement regime.

Section 1 of the 2018 Act sets out the formula which is to be applied in calculating the applicable minimum price for this purpose. That formula is M x S x V.

M is the minimum unit price which is specified in regulations; S is the strength of the alcohol, expressed as a cardinal number (so for instance if the strength is 5%, the relevant cardinal number will be 5); and V is the volume of the alcohol in litres.

The draft Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Minimum Unit Price) (Wales) Regulations 2019 specify that the minimum unit price (M) for the purposes of the 2018 Act is £0.50.