Licensing Act requirements

Mandatory conditions placed on licensed premises selling alcohol include the following.

Customers who do not request a particular quantity of a drink to be served must be informed that the following minimum quantities are available for them to choose:

• Half pints of beer, lager and cider
• 25 ml or 35 ml measures of gin, rum, vodka and whisky
• 125 ml glasses of wine

This is to encourage responsible drinking by preventing a default larger measure being served. Customers must be informed of the availability of these quantities of drinks by means of displays in menus, price lists, etc as well as verbally when, for example, a ‘glass of wine’, ‘a beer’ or ‘a whisky’ is asked for.