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Information on the different types of alcohol licences available and guidance on how to apply for them.
It's illegal to buy alcohol if you're under 18 and you can be stopped, fined or arrested by the police for drinking in public
Find out if you need to apply for approval to sell alcohol to another business.
Find out about Alcoholic Ingredients Relief, which is the repayment of excise duty charged on spirits, beer, wine, other fermented products and cider.
Read the key learning from our trial of age verification technology to protect children from harm in the sale of alcohol.
How to follow the law if you sell alcohol at a charity event, including when you need to pay tax.
Find out about checks you need to carry out before accepting goods into your excise warehouse and your obligations when receiving cash payments for duty-suspended sales of alcohol products.
Consultation on age verification in connection with alcohol sales.
Find out about operations that can be carried out on alcohol goods received and stored in bulk in an excise warehouse.
What denatured alcohol is, and how you apply for authorisation to produce, stock, distribute, sell or use it.
Consultation on a new Ordinance to license the sale of alcohol within the British Antarctic Territory
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