Mandatory drinks code closer to reality

19 December, 2008
By James Wilmore

But details of conditions not specified in Policing and Crime Bill

Government plans to introduce a national mandatory code of practice for the industry took a step closer yesterday with the official tabling of a new Bill.

If passed, the Policing and Crime Bill, first announced in the Queen’s Speech, will give Home Secretary Jacqui Smith the power to impose mandatory conditions on on-trade and off-trade premises. . . . .

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