Policing and Crime Bill

Amendment 116A 116A: Schedule 4, page 154, line 25, at end insert— "(1A) The first order under subsection (1) must be to the effect that the sale of all alcohol in all establishments must be set as a minimum price per unit of alcohol sold. (1B) A unit of alcohol for the purposes of subsection (1A) shall be defined as each ten millilitres of ethanol per whole beverage. (1C) The minimum price per unit of alcohol sold to which subsection (1A) refers shall be determined by an independent board of experts. (1D) The membership of the independent board of experts mentioned in subsection (1C) shall be determined by the Secretary of State. (1E) The order referred to in subsection (1A) shall be exempt from the provisions of the Competition Act 1998."