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Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 5,136 Send Message	Grabagran	Report	1 Sep 2009 14:43
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 5,136 Send Message	AS FROM TODAY, YOU CAN ONLY SERVE ALCOHOL IF YOU HAVE BEEN PROPERLY TRAINED, AND A LICENSEE MUST HAVE A LICENCE. IN MANY SHOPS, THEY ARE ASKING IF YOU ARE 25 YRS OLD, AND IF THEY THINK YOU ARE NOT, THEY CAN ASK FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF. THE SAME APPLIES TO BUYING CIGARETTES. ALCOHOL CAN ONLY BE BOUGHT IN SUPERMARKETS/OFF LICENCES AFTER 10AM. THIS IS THE STUPID PART THOUGH YOU CAN ONLY GO TO A BAR AND ORDER 4 DRINKS AT ONE TIME, SO DON'T GO OUT IN COMPANY OF MORE THAN FOUR LOL I DO AGREE WITH THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE SO CALLED "HAPPY HOUR" THOUGH. SURELY IF YOU HAVE TO BE 25 TO BUY ALCOHOL, THE SAME SHOULD APPLY TO THOSE SELLING IT. THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT BROUGHT IN THESE LAWS IN HOLYROOD IN 2005, AND THE SNP HAVE CARRIED THEM FORWARD, BUT EVEN AFTER 4YRS PEOPLE IN THE LICENCE TRADE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON. ALL I CAN SAY IS GOOD LUCK TO THEM.
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 5,136 Send Message	Grabagran	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:15
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 5,136 Send Message	I have just read that it has already started affecting jobs, as some pubs opened at 5 or 6am and as the business won't be there, the staff have lost their jobs.