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Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-081 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

ABCC Advisory Regarding On-Premises Licensees Selling for Off-Premises Consumption

Advisory Regarding On-Premises Licensees Selling for Off-Premises Consumption (issued April 3, 2020)

Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission · Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) (Sector regulator)

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Context, not an order

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The record

Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) · Massachusetts
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Advisory implementing the statute
Issued
2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
Effective
2020-04-03
End
End of the state of emergency (June 15, 2021) (Ex. 090) (read as 2021-06-15)
In force
Apr. 3, 2020 to June 15, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Alcohol and barsOther
Addressees
  • all § 12 on-premises licensees
Functions reached
  • BA
  • TO
  • CB
Character
context
Collection
State alcoholic-beverage regulators AGY-ST-ALCOHOL

Operative words

Effective immediately and until the end of the state of emergency, all on-premises licensees (M.G.L. c. 138, § 12 bars, restaurants, general on premises, hotels, taverns, clubs, war veterans' clubs, and continuing care retirement communities) may sell up to 192 ounces of malt beverages and 1.5 liters of wine for off-premises consumption only as part of a transaction for the purchase of food.

Enforcement

M.G.L. c. 138, § 64

Retrieval note

Exhibits MA-0xx) to licensees. The legal force lies in the Governor's Order, enforced against licensees through M.G.L. c. 138, s. 64; the advisory is not itself an order, rule or condition of license. Cite the Governor's Order as the instrument and the advisory as evidence of its application to licensees).