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Minimum legal drinking age in England and Wales
Minimum legal drinking age in England and Wales (courtesy of James Quan-Nicholls)
1886 Intoxicating Liquors (Sale to Children) Act
Sale of alcoholic drinks to children under thirteen banned
1901 Intoxicating Liquors (Sale to Children) Act
1886 Act repealed
Sale of alcoholic drinks to children under fourteen banned (except quantities of not less than one pint in sealed bottles)
1908 Children's Act (Section 119)
Children under fourteen banned from licensed premises
Giving alcohol to children under five banned
1910 Licensing (Consolidation) Act
'On' sale of spirits to under-sixteens banned
1923 Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons Under Eighteen) Act
Under-eighteens not to be sold alcohol for consumption on licensed premises
16-18s can be served alcohol to be consumed with a meal in separate part of premises
Posted by David Fahey on December 3, 2007 at 11:52 AM in Alcohol (general), Britain, Drinking Spaces, Wales | Permalink