DNALC6155 - Distributors/dealers: legal basis for licensing requirements for distributors
The legal basis for licensing distributors is as follows:
| Subject | Law |
| Definition of a distributor | Denatured Alcohol Regulations 2005, Regulation 9(1) |
| Wholesale quantities | Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979, Section 75(7) |
| Requirement to be licensed | Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979, Section75(2) |
| Separate licence needed for each set of premises except where the same person is carrying out the same trade at more than one set of premises. | Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, section 101(2) |
| Partnership licences | Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, section 101(3) |
| Transfer of licence | Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, section 104(1) |
| Revocation or suspension of licence | Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979, section 75(6) |