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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) · Massachusetts
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Advisory on the end of restrictions
- Issued
- 2021-05-28 May 28, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-29
- End
- n/a (terminal); outdoor expansions to August 15, 2021 (later extended by statute); takeaway and delivery ended June 15, 2021 (later revived by statute) (read as 2021-08-15)
- In force
- May 29, 2021 to Aug. 15, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitAlcohol and barsOther
- Addressees
- Functions reached
- BA
- DR
- TO (ended June 15, 2021)
- CB
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State alcoholic-beverage regulators AGY-ST-ALCOHOL
Operative words
Beginning Saturday, May 29, 2021, all COVID-related restrictions for licensees are lifted and all licensees can resume normal operations. The Governor's COVID-19 State of Emergency will end Monday, June 15, 2021.... licensees that have been approved for expanded patio/outdoor service pursuant to the Governor's executive orders may continue their outdoor operations for 60 days after the end of the state of emergency, which is Sunday, August 15, 2021.... establishments licensed for on-premises consumption of alcohol must end takeaway and delivery sales of alcohol on June 15, 2021.
Enforcement
Notes
Fixes the Massachusetts end dates: restrictions May 29, 2021; emergency June 15, 2021; compelled reversal of to-go and outdoor arrangements running into Q3 2021 (August 15, 2021).
Retrieval noteIssued May 20, 2021 (file name carries 2021-05-28). 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).