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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) · Massachusetts
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Advisory implementing Order No. 65
- Issued
- 2021-02-26 Feb. 26, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-03-01
- End
- Phase IV Step 1 (March 22, 2021); all restrictions lifted May 29, 2021 (read as 2021-03-22)
- In force
- Mar. 1, 2021 to Mar. 22, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
- Addressees
- licensees that sell alcohol for on-premises consumption
- Functions reached
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State alcoholic-beverage regulators AGY-ST-ALCOHOL
Operative words
Beginning Monday, March 1, 2021, licensees that sell alcohol for on-premises consumption are no longer subject to a 40% cap on seating capacity in their establishments; capacity will be limited only by the requirement of six feet distance between tables.... These licensees are reminded that the 90-minute time limit per table and table capacity of 6 people remain in effect, as well as the requirement that food must be served with alcohol orders. Food courts must remain closed during this phase of reopening.
Enforcement
Retrieval noteExhibits 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).